TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 38 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 1 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.34% 1.69% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.23% 12.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% - -
Wales median daily rate £180 £275 -
% change year-on-year -34.55% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 31 50 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 10.44% 14.08% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 23 53
10th Percentile - £210 £225
25th Percentile £190 £223 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £325 £390
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% -16.67% -28.11%
75th Percentile £306 £447 £588
90th Percentile £432 £550 £625
Wales median daily rate £290 £250 £375
% change year-on-year +16.00% -33.33% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 0
Median hourly rate £12.82 £48.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -73.70% - -
Wales median hourly rate £12.82 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year -73.01% - -

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in South Wales

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Cardiff +1 1 £180 -44.62% 2
TCP/IP
Wales

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow