tcpdump Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring tcpdump skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 336 415
Rank change year-on-year -70 +79 +64
Contract jobs citing tcpdump 2 13 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.095% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.087% 0.57% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% -2.56% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £488 £494
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £492 £475 £510
% change year-on-year +3.58% -6.86% -8.31%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

tcpdump 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 2,308 2,264 3,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.94% 16.51% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,543 1,277 2,111
10th Percentile £191 £188 £205
25th Percentile £303 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £467 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% -1.79% +2.70%
75th Percentile £563 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.47% -4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 112 324
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.24 £15.38
25th Percentile £16.00 £20.94 £22.94
Median hourly rate £40.54 £30.04 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year +34.95% -46.07% +185.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% -35.00% +146.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing tcpdump relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

tcpdump job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing tcpdump.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing tcpdump

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing tcpdump.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing tcpdump

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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 tcpdump within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. 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
South West -24 2 £300 -36.84% 1
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Currency
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) F5