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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 108 81
Rank change year-on-year +20 -27 +31
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 25 24 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.49% 0.92% 2.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.47% 4.92% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 44
10th Percentile £279 £456 £217
25th Percentile - £507 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £483
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.75% +8.74%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £552
90th Percentile £575 £583 £600
South East median daily rate £384 £425 £395
% change year-on-year -9.65% +7.59% +5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £76.59 - £18.50
25th Percentile £84.97 £18.50 £21.50
Median hourly rate £89.63 £19.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +371.74% -71.21% +45.05%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £70.63
90th Percentile - - £75.95
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £19.00 £62.55
% change year-on-year +371.74% -69.62% +76.20%

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 264 488 510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.77% 18.79% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 210 299
10th Percentile £276 £265 £250
25th Percentile £375 £400 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £513 £481
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% +6.65% -1.42%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £584
90th Percentile £600 £638 £650
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -2.00% +8.11% +1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 42 21
10th Percentile - £16.09 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.54 £19.50
Median hourly rate £23.28 £69.25 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.38% +4.92% +300.00%
75th Percentile £87.97 £86.66 £75.67
90th Percentile £89.63 £87.52 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% -0.26% +101.75%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 +30 16 £450 -2.70% 21
Oxfordshire 0 5 - - 7
Buckinghamshire -4 4 £532 +1.29% 7
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 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
4 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (56.00%) Firewall
2 12 (48.00%) VPN
3 10 (40.00%) DNS
4 9 (36.00%) BGP
4 9 (36.00%) Network Security
5 8 (32.00%) DHCP
6 7 (28.00%) OSPF
7 6 (24.00%) VLAN
7 6 (24.00%) Wireless
8 5 (20.00%) SAN
9 3 (12.00%) LAN
9 3 (12.00%) WAN
10 2 (8.00%) SD-WAN
11 1 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (4.00%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (4.00%) NetScaler
11 1 (4.00%) Skype
11 1 (4.00%) SMTP
11 1 (4.00%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (4.00%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.00%) French Language
5 1 (4.00%) German Language
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Lead
3 3 (12.00%) Network Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Python Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IT Support
4 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Python Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Service Support Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (60.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Linux
2 9 (36.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (20.00%) Mac OS
4 4 (16.00%) Debian
4 4 (16.00%) Ubuntu
4 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (12.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (4.00%) Unix
6 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) ITIL
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) SIEM
3 6 (24.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 6 (24.00%) Security Monitoring
3 6 (24.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (16.00%) Data Modelling
5 4 (16.00%) DevSecOps
5 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (16.00%) ITSM
5 4 (16.00%) Service Management
5 4 (16.00%) Time Management
6 3 (12.00%) Agile
6 3 (12.00%) Data Engineering
6 3 (12.00%) High Availability
6 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (8.00%) Configuration Management
7 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (44.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (44.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) CCNP
3 6 (24.00%) CCSA
3 6 (24.00%) CCSE
3 6 (24.00%) Check Point Certification
4 5 (20.00%) A+ Certification
4 5 (20.00%) Degree
4 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.00%) CCIE
5 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (4.00%) CCNA
6 1 (4.00%) CCSP
6 1 (4.00%) CEH
6 1 (4.00%) CISM
6 1 (4.00%) CISSP
6 1 (4.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) GDPR
2 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.00%) NFS
3 1 (4.00%) Samba
3 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) vSphere
3 1 (4.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Ansible
2 3 (12.00%) NetBackup
3 2 (8.00%) vCenter Server
4 1 (4.00%) SCCM
4 1 (4.00%) yum
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Cisco
2 10 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 10 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (32.00%) VMware
4 7 (28.00%) Red Hat
5 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
6 3 (12.00%) 3PAR
6 3 (12.00%) Dell
6 3 (12.00%) HP
6 3 (12.00%) Veritas
7 1 (4.00%) Citrix
7 1 (4.00%) F5
7 1 (4.00%) Remedy
7 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.00%) Splunk