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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 132 129
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 +36
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 39 57 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.31% 1.04% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.63% 4.77% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 50 54
10th Percentile £242 £176 £289
25th Percentile £375 £253 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £478
Median % change year-on-year - -5.81% +82.01%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £630 £550 £626
England median daily rate £500 £488 £478
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.03% +6.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £19.45 - £20.40
25th Percentile £20.88 £18.50 £46.44
Median hourly rate £23.50 £19.00 £62.55
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% -69.62% +190.93%
75th Percentile £25.88 £19.50 £63.72
90th Percentile £27.15 - £66.00
England median hourly rate £54.50 £65.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year -16.15% +10.35% +63.08%

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 511 1,196 929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.11% 21.92% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 584 558
10th Percentile £206 £205 £243
25th Percentile £313 £363 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £483
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +0.98% +6.11%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £588
90th Percentile £625 £646 £700
England median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 130 71
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £19.68 £28.13 £42.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +167.44%
75th Percentile £60.81 £64.69 £68.13
90th Percentile £64.25 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% +122.22% -24.72%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +36 28 £550 +4.76% 33
Berkshire +43 22 £450 +200.00% 14
Surrey -1 6 £350 - 18
Buckinghamshire +2 5 £615 +17.14% 9
Kent - 3 £375 - 17
Hampshire +30 1 £200 -50.00% 26
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 15
Sussex - 1 - -
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 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.69%) Apache
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.13%) Confluence
3 2 (5.13%) IIS
3 2 (5.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) Azure
2 13 (33.33%) AWS
3 8 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.69%) GCP
5 2 (5.13%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.13%) PaaS
5 2 (5.13%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Akamai
6 1 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.56%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (48.72%) BGP
1 19 (48.72%) Firewall
2 17 (43.59%) VPN
3 16 (41.03%) DNS
4 15 (38.46%) OSPF
4 15 (38.46%) VLAN
5 12 (30.77%) Network Security
6 11 (28.21%) WAN
7 10 (25.64%) DHCP
7 10 (25.64%) MPLS
8 8 (20.51%) SD-WAN
9 6 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (12.82%) LAN
10 5 (12.82%) NGFW
11 3 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (7.69%) Ethernet
11 3 (7.69%) VSAN
11 3 (7.69%) Wireless
12 2 (5.13%) MQTT
12 2 (5.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) MySQL
2 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (5.13%) RDBMS
2 2 (5.13%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
1 2 (5.13%) Robot Framework
2 1 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.13%) Automotive
4 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.13%) Korean Language
5 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Law
5 1 (2.56%) Legal
5 1 (2.56%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Military
5 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Architect
2 5 (12.82%) Network Engineer
2 5 (12.82%) Support Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) IT Support
3 4 (10.26%) Lead
3 4 (10.26%) Technical Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Senior
4 3 (7.69%) Senior Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Senior Technical Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Telecoms Tester
5 2 (5.13%) Tester
5 2 (5.13%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) .NET
1 2 (5.13%) LAMP
1 2 (5.13%) PostGIS
1 2 (5.13%) REST
1 2 (5.13%) XML
2 1 (2.56%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Data Centre
1 7 (17.95%) Public Cloud
2 6 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (7.69%) PKI
5 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.13%) Infotainment
5 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
5 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (2.56%) IoT
6 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Windows
2 7 (17.95%) Linux
2 7 (17.95%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.64%) DevSecOps
2 10 (25.64%) ITIL
3 7 (17.95%) CI/CD
3 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (17.95%) Security Operations
3 7 (17.95%) SIEM
4 6 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (12.82%) TOGAF
6 4 (10.26%) Containerisation
6 4 (10.26%) High Availability
6 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (10.26%) Migration
7 3 (7.69%) Adaptive Security
7 3 (7.69%) IT Strategy
7 3 (7.69%) Requirements Management
7 3 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (7.69%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.64%) Python
2 4 (10.26%) SQL
3 2 (5.13%) PHP
4 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 13 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (30.77%) CCNP
4 6 (15.38%) CCSA
4 6 (15.38%) CCSE
4 6 (15.38%) Check Point Certification
5 5 (12.82%) Degree
6 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (7.69%) CCIE
7 3 (7.69%) CCNA
7 3 (7.69%) MCSE
7 3 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.56%) BC Cleared
9 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.56%) CEH
9 1 (2.56%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (10.26%) NCSC
1 4 (10.26%) NIST
2 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
1 7 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (15.38%) VMware NSX
3 4 (10.26%) Docker
4 3 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 3 (7.69%) vSphere
5 1 (2.56%) Firmware
5 1 (2.56%) NFS
5 1 (2.56%) Samba
5 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (25.64%) Ansible
2 4 (10.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.26%) NetBackup
2 4 (10.26%) SCCM
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.13%) Tivoli
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.56%) Terraform
4 1 (2.56%) yum
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Cisco
2 13 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 13 (33.33%) VMware
3 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
4 6 (15.38%) CheckPoint
5 5 (12.82%) SolarWinds
6 4 (10.26%) 3PAR
6 4 (10.26%) Citrix
6 4 (10.26%) Dell
6 4 (10.26%) HP
6 4 (10.26%) Red Hat
6 4 (10.26%) Veritas
7 2 (5.13%) Juniper
7 2 (5.13%) Veeam
8 1 (2.56%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (2.56%) Dell KACE
8 1 (2.56%) F5
8 1 (2.56%) Meraki
8 1 (2.56%) Splunk
8 1 (2.56%) Ubiquiti