TCP/IP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 182 199 173
Rank change year-on-year +17 -26 +7
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 162 217 369
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.27% 1.04% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.24% 6.28% 10.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 165 222
10th Percentile £210 £185 £250
25th Percentile £356 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £483
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +0.98% +20.70%
75th Percentile £623 £550 £560
90th Percentile £705 £641 £675
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 45
10th Percentile £17.23 £26.10 £21.05
25th Percentile £23.25 £56.49 £54.85
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +198.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £74.50
90th Percentile - £70.00 £77.65
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £56.49 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.52% -13.09% +136.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +27 42 £437 +6.46% 71
South East +17 36 £550 +15.79% 132
South West +44 24 £615 +2.50% 48
East of England +33 23 £430 +18.62% 79
Yorkshire +18 19 £575 -7.78% 28
North West +9 17 £313 -23.78% 34
Scotland +6 13 £443 -28.51% 25
Midlands -7 13 £550 +15.79% 61
Wales +4 8 £425 -34.06% 26
East Midlands -4 7 £550 +69.23% 21
West Midlands -1 6 £210 -60.00% 36
North East - 6 £250 - 12
Northern Ireland -8 5 £160 - 4
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (9.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.32%) nginx
3 7 (4.32%) Traefik
4 5 (3.09%) Confluence
5 3 (1.85%) Apache
5 3 (1.85%) IIS
6 2 (1.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (14.20%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.62%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (29.01%) AWS
1 47 (29.01%) Azure
2 16 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (9.26%) Entra ID
3 15 (9.26%) OpenShift
4 11 (6.79%) GCP
5 10 (6.17%) AWS CloudFormation
6 9 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 9 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
6 9 (5.56%) AWS Fargate
6 9 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.09%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.47%) PaaS
8 4 (2.47%) SaaS
9 3 (1.85%) Cloudflare
10 2 (1.23%) GitHub
10 2 (1.23%) Serverless
11 1 (0.62%) Akamai
11 1 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 89 (54.94%) DNS
2 59 (36.42%) DHCP
2 59 (36.42%) Firewall
3 54 (33.33%) VPN
4 35 (21.60%) BGP
5 30 (18.52%) WAN
6 28 (17.28%) Network Security
6 28 (17.28%) OSPF
7 23 (14.20%) LAN
8 22 (13.58%) VLAN
9 20 (12.35%) HTTP
10 15 (9.26%) MPLS
10 15 (9.26%) Wireless
11 9 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (5.56%) SD-WAN
11 9 (5.56%) VoIP
12 8 (4.94%) Ethernet
12 8 (4.94%) SAN
13 7 (4.32%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.56%) MongoDB
2 6 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.09%) MySQL
4 2 (1.23%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 10 (6.17%) GitLab
3 7 (4.32%) Visual Studio
4 5 (3.09%) Eclipse
4 5 (3.09%) JIRA
4 5 (3.09%) Robot Framework
5 4 (2.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.23%) Subversion
General
1 55 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 31 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.02%) Telecoms
4 11 (6.79%) Finance
5 9 (5.56%) Military
6 7 (4.32%) Banking
7 6 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.47%) French Language
9 4 (2.47%) Legal
10 3 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.85%) Electronics
10 3 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.85%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.23%) Automotive
11 2 (1.23%) Korean Language
11 2 (1.23%) Law
11 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 18 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 17 (10.49%) Analyst
4 16 (9.88%) Senior
5 15 (9.26%) IT Support
6 12 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 12 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (6.79%) Architect
8 8 (4.94%) Senior DevOps
8 8 (4.94%) Service Analyst
8 8 (4.94%) Service Desk Analyst
9 7 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.32%) Lead
9 7 (4.32%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.09%) 2nd Line Support
10 5 (3.09%) Administrator
10 5 (3.09%) Developer
10 5 (3.09%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.56%) cloud-init
1 9 (5.56%) Kafka
1 9 (5.56%) Keycloak
2 6 (3.70%) Node.js
2 6 (3.70%) Web Services
3 4 (2.47%) LDAP
4 3 (1.85%) REST
5 2 (1.23%) .NET
5 2 (1.23%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.23%) LAMP
5 2 (1.23%) PostGIS
5 2 (1.23%) XML
6 1 (0.62%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.64%) PKI
2 11 (6.79%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.94%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.32%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.32%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.09%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.09%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.47%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.85%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.85%) CMDB
8 3 (1.85%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.23%) Infotainment
9 2 (1.23%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (45.06%) Windows
2 54 (33.33%) Linux
3 36 (22.22%) Windows Server
4 32 (19.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (8.02%) Windows 10
6 12 (7.41%) Unix
7 11 (6.79%) CentOS
8 8 (4.94%) Ubuntu
9 5 (3.09%) Android
9 5 (3.09%) zOS
10 4 (2.47%) Check Point GAiA
10 4 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.85%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.85%) Windows 7
12 2 (1.23%) Debian
13 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (19.75%) ITIL
3 26 (16.05%) DevOps
4 25 (15.43%) Containerisation
5 23 (14.20%) CI/CD
6 19 (11.73%) Incident Management
7 18 (11.11%) Service Management
8 17 (10.49%) Agile
9 16 (9.88%) Continuous Integration
10 15 (9.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (9.26%) ITSM
11 14 (8.64%) High Availability
11 14 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 13 (8.02%) Technical Leadership
13 12 (7.41%) Change Management
14 11 (6.79%) Cloud Security
14 11 (6.79%) Computer Science
14 11 (6.79%) Network Monitoring
15 10 (6.17%) DevSecOps
16 9 (5.56%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 46 (28.40%) Python
2 28 (17.28%) Bash
3 24 (14.81%) PowerShell
4 15 (9.26%) Java
5 10 (6.17%) SQL
6 9 (5.56%) Go
7 8 (4.94%) C++
8 6 (3.70%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.09%) C#
9 5 (3.09%) JCL
10 3 (1.85%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.23%) Perl
11 2 (1.23%) PHP
11 2 (1.23%) REXX
12 1 (0.62%) Fortran
12 1 (0.62%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 51 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 37 (22.84%) SC Cleared
3 36 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (19.14%) CCNP
5 25 (15.43%) CCNA
6 24 (14.81%) Degree
7 18 (11.11%) DV Cleared
8 10 (6.17%) AWS Certification
9 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (4.94%) A+ Certification
10 8 (4.94%) CCSE
11 5 (3.09%) CCIE
12 4 (2.47%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.47%) CCSA
12 4 (2.47%) Check Point Certification
12 4 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.02%) NCSC
2 11 (6.79%) SLA
3 5 (3.09%) NIST
4 4 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.23%) GDPR
5 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 28 (17.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (16.05%) Active Directory
3 25 (15.43%) Docker
4 18 (11.11%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.70%) VMware NSX
6 5 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.62%) Firmware
8 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.62%) NFS
8 1 (0.62%) Samba
8 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.62%) vSphere
8 1 (0.62%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (20.99%) Ansible
1 34 (20.99%) Kubernetes
2 32 (19.75%) Terraform
3 17 (10.49%) Puppet
4 10 (6.17%) Prometheus
4 10 (6.17%) ZABBIX
5 9 (5.56%) Consul
5 9 (5.56%) Grafana
5 9 (5.56%) Istio
5 9 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (5.56%) linkerd
5 9 (5.56%) Packer
5 9 (5.56%) Rancher
6 8 (4.94%) FortiGate
7 7 (4.32%) HAProxy
8 6 (3.70%) SCCM
9 5 (3.09%) AirWatch
9 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (3.09%) Tivoli NetView
10 4 (2.47%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 47 (29.01%) Cisco
2 45 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 39 (24.07%) VMware
4 31 (19.14%) Red Hat
5 19 (11.73%) CheckPoint
6 15 (9.26%) Palo Alto
6 15 (9.26%) ServiceNow
7 12 (7.41%) Apple
8 11 (6.79%) Splunk
9 9 (5.56%) Okta
10 7 (4.32%) ESET
11 6 (3.70%) HP
11 6 (3.70%) Juniper
11 6 (3.70%) Meraki
12 5 (3.09%) Dell
12 5 (3.09%) SolarWinds
13 4 (2.47%) 3PAR
13 4 (2.47%) IBM
13 4 (2.47%) NetApp
13 4 (2.47%) Veritas