TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 22 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.82% 0.65% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 6.25% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £575 £563 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £275
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +109.09% +99.97%
75th Percentile - £588 £288
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £508 £275
% change year-on-year -1.48% +84.55% -42.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 16 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 10.91% 10.39% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 15
10th Percentile £350 £243 £249
25th Percentile £500 £345 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £435 £425
Median % change year-on-year +26.44% +2.35% +6.25%
75th Percentile £569 £500 £544
90th Percentile £642 £568 £549
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £457
% change year-on-year +4.76% +15.01% -11.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - -
Median hourly rate £72.00 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +122.22%
75th Percentile £73.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.36 £62.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year -3.42% +5.93% +22.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Southampton

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Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Southampton over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Southampton

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) Multicast
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Validation Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Iperf
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) SolarWinds