TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Reading

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 85 62
Rank change year-on-year +24 -23 +14
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 4 10 25
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.67% 0.92% 2.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.44% 4.81% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 18
10th Percentile - £320 £200
25th Percentile - £350 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -27.27% +46.67%
75th Percentile £463 £450 £577
90th Percentile £485 £480 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £259 £463 £325
% change year-on-year -44.11% +42.31% -12.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £72.27
25th Percentile - - £73.06
Median hourly rate - - £75.25
75th Percentile - - £76.56
90th Percentile - - £76.82
Berkshire median hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year - -24.00% +8.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

TCP/IP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 208 228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.98% 19.08% 20.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 98 149
10th Percentile £254 £325 £205
25th Percentile £309 £400 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £520 £468
Median % change year-on-year -9.74% +11.11% -4.68%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £621 £650 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £58.63 - £72.40
25th Percentile £64.06 £56.25 £73.38
Median hourly rate £73.75 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -23.33% -
75th Percentile £84.06 £58.75 £76.12
90th Percentile £89.88 - £76.64
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
% change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +226.67%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Reading

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing TCP/IP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing TCP/IP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) OSPF
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) People Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) CCSA
1 3 (75.00%) CCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Check Point Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Palo Alto