ICMP Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring ICMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 129 133
Rank change year-on-year - +4 +27
Contract jobs citing ICMP 0 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley - 0.048% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.27% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £608
25th Percentile - - £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £620
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.36%
75th Percentile - - £645
90th Percentile - - £659
South East median daily rate - - £615
% change year-on-year - - +6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24.30
25th Percentile - - £24.38
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £25.40
South East median hourly rate - - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

ICMP 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 290 372 584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.62% 17.84% 22.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 186 359
10th Percentile £219 £226 £190
25th Percentile £293 £400 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £600
90th Percentile £603 £650 £670
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £26.05 £23.70
25th Percentile £45.50 £37.38 £24.13
Median hourly rate £77.00 £57.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.91% +91.67% +64.38%
75th Percentile £89.63 £58.75 £75.46
90th Percentile - - £81.71
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

ICMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ICMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

ICMP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ICMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ICMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ICMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ICMP