TCP/IP Contracts in the South East

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 140 117
Rank change year-on-year +13 -23 +31
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 36 64 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.09% 1.13% 1.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.23% 5.49% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 57 62
10th Percentile £205 £211 £250
25th Percentile £344 £267 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £548
90th Percentile £575 £554 £596
England median daily rate £488 £456 £475
% change year-on-year +6.85% -3.95% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £18.50
25th Percentile - £18.50 £20.54
Median hourly rate £28.00 £19.00 £60.73
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% -68.71% +133.57%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £63.72
90th Percentile - - £66.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.33
% change year-on-year -3.85% +17.49% +16.47%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 578 1,166 1,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.58% 20.53% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 566 601
10th Percentile £215 £214 £239
25th Percentile £325 £392 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £625 £645 £700
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 138 71
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.21 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £29.44 £29.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +125.49%
75th Percentile £58.72 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.56 £85.65 £79.19
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.44 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.47% +101.96% -10.00%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +19 22 £488 -7.14% 27
Berkshire +32 17 £450 -12.20% 14
Kent - 8 £369 - 20
Surrey -7 6 £350 +30.97% 19
Buckinghamshire -3 4 £532 +1.29% 7
Oxfordshire 0 1 - - 7
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) Confluence
1 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.33%) Apache
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.56%) IIS
3 2 (5.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) Azure
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.33%) AWS
4 2 (5.56%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.78%) Akamai
5 1 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.78%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.78%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (44.44%) DNS
1 16 (44.44%) VPN
2 15 (41.67%) Firewall
3 13 (36.11%) DHCP
4 12 (33.33%) VLAN
5 10 (27.78%) BGP
6 9 (25.00%) Network Security
7 8 (22.22%) OSPF
8 5 (13.89%) SAN
8 5 (13.89%) SSL
8 5 (13.89%) WAN
9 4 (11.11%) LAN
10 3 (8.33%) SD-WAN
10 3 (8.33%) Wireless
11 2 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (2.78%) Ethernet VPN
12 1 (2.78%) NAS
12 1 (2.78%) NetScaler
12 1 (2.78%) Unified Communications
12 1 (2.78%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) MySQL
1 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) JIRA
2 2 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.78%) Git
3 1 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Legal
4 2 (5.56%) Korean Language
4 2 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (2.78%) Marketing
5 1 (2.78%) Military
5 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 6 (16.67%) IT Support
2 5 (13.89%) Azure Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Support Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Windows Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Developer
3 4 (11.11%) Lead
4 3 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Python Developer
4 3 (8.33%) Senior
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Architect
5 2 (5.56%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (5.56%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Python Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) .NET
1 2 (5.56%) LAMP
2 1 (2.78%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.78%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (63.89%) Windows
2 13 (36.11%) Windows Server
3 11 (30.56%) Linux
4 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (13.89%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (11.11%) Debian
6 4 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (11.11%) Ubuntu
6 4 (11.11%) Windows 10
6 4 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) ITIL
2 12 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (19.44%) Security Operations
4 7 (19.44%) SIEM
5 6 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
6 5 (13.89%) DevSecOps
7 4 (11.11%) Agile
7 4 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 4 (11.11%) Data Modelling
7 4 (11.11%) High Availability
7 4 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (8.33%) Data Engineering
9 2 (5.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 2 (5.56%) Customer Service
9 2 (5.56%) Incident Response
9 2 (5.56%) Preventative Maintenance
9 2 (5.56%) Prototyping
9 2 (5.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 11 (30.56%) Python
2 4 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (5.56%) PHP
4 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 12 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.78%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (25.00%) CCNP
4 6 (16.67%) CCSA
4 6 (16.67%) CCSE
4 6 (16.67%) Check Point Certification
5 4 (11.11%) Degree
6 2 (5.56%) CCIE
6 2 (5.56%) CCNA
6 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.78%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.78%) CCSP
7 1 (2.78%) CEH
7 1 (2.78%) CISM
7 1 (2.78%) CISSP
7 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.78%) MCP
7 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 8 (22.22%) Hyper-V
2 6 (16.67%) vSphere
3 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.56%) Docker
4 2 (5.56%) Terminal Services
5 1 (2.78%) Firmware
5 1 (2.78%) NFS
5 1 (2.78%) Samba
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.78%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) Ansible
2 5 (13.89%) Tivoli
3 4 (11.11%) NetBackup
3 4 (11.11%) SCCM
4 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.78%) Terraform
5 1 (2.78%) yum
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) VMware
2 9 (25.00%) Cisco
2 9 (25.00%) Citrix
3 8 (22.22%) Palo Alto
3 8 (22.22%) Red Hat
4 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
4 7 (19.44%) SolarWinds
5 6 (16.67%) CheckPoint
6 5 (13.89%) Veeam
7 4 (11.11%) 3PAR
7 4 (11.11%) Dell
7 4 (11.11%) HP
7 4 (11.11%) Veritas
8 1 (2.78%) Dell KACE
8 1 (2.78%) F5
8 1 (2.78%) Meraki
8 1 (2.78%) Remedy
8 1 (2.78%) Splunk
8 1 (2.78%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (2.78%) Wyse