TCP/IP Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 108 117
Rank change year-on-year +35 +9 +4
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 29 37 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.92% 1.38% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.51% 6.12% 7.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 32 25
10th Percentile £413 £148 £437
25th Percentile £450 £506 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -4.55% +83.33%
75th Percentile £615 £550 £560
90th Percentile £644 - £600
South East median daily rate £550 £475 £481
% change year-on-year +15.79% -1.16% +84.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £22.78
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £29.19
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year - -61.81% +9.34%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £19.00 £62.55
% change year-on-year +23.68% -69.62% +190.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the Thames Valley

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in the Thames Valley

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in the Thames Valley

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in the Thames Valley

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +41 23 £550 +266.67% 19
Buckinghamshire -2 5 £615 +17.14% 11
Oxfordshire +5 1 - - 15
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (48.28%) AWS
1 14 (48.28%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) GCP
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.90%) PaaS
4 2 (6.90%) SaaS
5 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (65.52%) BGP
2 14 (48.28%) VLAN
3 13 (44.83%) MPLS
4 12 (41.38%) Firewall
4 12 (41.38%) OSPF
4 12 (41.38%) VPN
5 11 (37.93%) DNS
6 8 (27.59%) Network Security
6 8 (27.59%) WAN
7 7 (24.14%) SD-WAN
8 6 (20.69%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (17.24%) DHCP
9 5 (17.24%) NGFW
10 3 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (10.34%) LAN
10 3 (10.34%) VSAN
11 2 (6.90%) Ethernet
11 2 (6.90%) HTTP
11 2 (6.90%) MQTT
11 2 (6.90%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) MySQL
1 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (6.90%) RDBMS
1 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Robot Framework
2 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Telecoms
3 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Automotive
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Military
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Architect
2 5 (17.24%) Automation Tester
2 5 (17.24%) Telecoms Tester
2 5 (17.24%) Tester
3 4 (13.79%) Lead
3 4 (13.79%) Technical Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Technical Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Network Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) IP Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) PostGIS
1 2 (6.90%) REST
1 2 (6.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Data Centre
2 5 (17.24%) Cloud Native
2 5 (17.24%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (17.24%) Public Cloud
2 5 (17.24%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (10.34%) PKI
5 2 (6.90%) Infotainment
5 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
6 1 (3.45%) IoT
6 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
3 5 (17.24%) Linux
4 4 (13.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (34.48%) DevSecOps
3 7 (24.14%) Containerisation
3 7 (24.14%) ITIL
4 6 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (17.24%) SIEM
5 5 (17.24%) Test Automation
5 5 (17.24%) Test Strategy
5 5 (17.24%) TOGAF
6 4 (13.79%) CI/CD
6 4 (13.79%) High Availability
6 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (13.79%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (13.79%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (13.79%) Security Operations
7 3 (10.34%) Adaptive Security
7 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
7 3 (10.34%) Requirements Management
7 3 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) Shell Script
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 9 (31.03%) CCNP
3 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (13.79%) CCSA
4 4 (13.79%) CCSE
4 4 (13.79%) Check Point Certification
4 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (10.34%) Degree
5 3 (10.34%) MCSE
5 3 (10.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (6.90%) CCIE
6 2 (6.90%) CCNA
7 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
7 1 (3.45%) CCDP
7 1 (3.45%) CCIP
7 1 (3.45%) CCSP
7 1 (3.45%) CISM
7 1 (3.45%) CISSP
7 1 (3.45%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (13.79%) NCSC
1 4 (13.79%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (17.24%) Docker
2 5 (17.24%) VMware NSX
3 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
4 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.45%) NFS
4 1 (3.45%) Samba
4 1 (3.45%) vSphere
4 1 (3.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) Ansible
2 5 (17.24%) Kubernetes
3 4 (13.79%) NetBackup
4 1 (3.45%) SCCM
4 1 (3.45%) yum
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Cisco
2 10 (34.48%) Palo Alto
2 10 (34.48%) VMware
3 4 (13.79%) 3PAR
3 4 (13.79%) CheckPoint
3 4 (13.79%) Dell
3 4 (13.79%) HP
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Red Hat
3 4 (13.79%) Veritas
4 1 (3.45%) ADVA
4 1 (3.45%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (3.45%) Citrix
4 1 (3.45%) F5
4 1 (3.45%) Juniper
4 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.45%) Splunk