TCP/IP Contracts in Sheffield

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 45 46
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 13 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 3.63% 2.33% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.70% 14.06% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £366 £618 -
25th Percentile £400 £622 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £538 £645 £681
90th Percentile £650 £647 £693
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -28.00% -3.85% -3.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 66 64 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 18.44% 16.54% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 48 34
10th Percentile £220 £259 £404
25th Percentile £359 £430 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £517 £650
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% -20.46% +44.44%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £700
90th Percentile £640 £640 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -12.45% -6.55% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.40%
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £10.63
% change year-on-year - - -36.54%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Sheffield

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Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Sheffield over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Sheffield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) Network Security
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (23.08%) DNS
3 3 (23.08%) DWDM
3 3 (23.08%) LAN
3 3 (23.08%) VPN
3 3 (23.08%) WAN
4 1 (7.69%) BGP
4 1 (7.69%) EIGRP
4 1 (7.69%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) Jenkins
1 9 (69.23%) Postman
2 7 (53.85%) Git
3 3 (23.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Senior
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (30.77%) Network Engineer
4 4 (30.77%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 3 (23.08%) Linux Engineer
5 3 (23.08%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 3 (23.08%) Senior Windows Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) REST
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Linux
3 3 (23.08%) AIX
3 3 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (23.08%) Solaris
3 3 (23.08%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (23.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Configuration Management
1 9 (69.23%) Data Management
1 9 (69.23%) DevOps
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Problem Management
3 5 (38.46%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Network Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Security Hardening
5 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
6 1 (7.69%) API Integration
6 1 (7.69%) Containerisation
6 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CCNA
2 2 (15.38%) CCNP
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) JNCIA
2 2 (15.38%) JNCIS
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (23.08%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (100.00%) Ansible
2 9 (69.23%) Puppet
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (30.77%) SCCM
5 3 (23.08%) Terraform
6 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) MuleSoft
1 9 (69.23%) VMware
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco
4 3 (23.08%) Arista
4 3 (23.08%) Red Hat