Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for TCP/IP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TCP/IP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 234 278
Rank change year-on-year -49 +44 -14
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 362 690 896
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 1.15% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.45% 9.36% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 421 605
10th Percentile £188 £250 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.11%
75th Percentile £566 £645 £575
90th Percentile £650 £719 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £485 £400
% change year-on-year +0.52% +21.25% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 55 33
10th Percentile £16.00 £23.23 -
25th Percentile £20.00 £50.42 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.70% +136.36% -30.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.40 £50.77
90th Percentile £66.88 £77.65 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £21.75
% change year-on-year - +198.85% -13.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

TCP/IP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England -24 313 £475 -5.00% 340
UK excluding London -25 216 £488 +0.52% 276
Work from Home +32 118 £525 +10.53% 139
London -21 118 £500 -9.09% 77
South East 0 66 £450 -6.36% 63
Midlands +42 42 £475 +40.74% 60
North of England -18 34 £410 -21.90% 65
North West -20 25 £410 -21.90% 46
South West -23 24 £600 +23.08% 33
East Midlands +35 21 £325 -15.58% 28
West Midlands +32 21 £525 +64.06% 32
Scotland +44 20 £619 +40.84% 12
East of England -7 20 £350 -17.65% 36
Yorkshire +5 9 £624 +18.76% 17
Northern Ireland -3 5 - - 5
Wales -8 5 £645 +22.76% 9

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (8.29%) Confluence
2 23 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (6.08%) IIS
4 21 (5.80%) Apache
5 19 (5.25%) SharePoint
6 18 (4.97%) Tomcat
7 9 (2.49%) nginx
8 4 (1.10%) Apache Solr
8 4 (1.10%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.83%) IBM Domino
9 3 (0.83%) IBM Notes
9 3 (0.83%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.55%) CICS
10 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.55%) Traefik
10 2 (0.55%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.28%) EPiServer
Applications
1 16 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.93%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 73 (20.17%) Azure
2 67 (18.51%) AWS
3 51 (14.09%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (10.22%) GCP
5 18 (4.97%) IaaS
6 16 (4.42%) PaaS
7 15 (4.14%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (3.87%) SaaS
9 12 (3.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 12 (3.31%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (3.04%) GitHub
11 9 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.49%) Nutanix
12 8 (2.21%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.21%) Rubrik
13 7 (1.93%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.66%) Apigee
14 6 (1.66%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 161 (44.48%) DNS
2 118 (32.60%) Firewall
3 105 (29.01%) DHCP
4 80 (22.10%) HTTP
5 77 (21.27%) VPN
6 51 (14.09%) VLAN
7 44 (12.15%) SAN
7 44 (12.15%) WAN
8 43 (11.88%) LAN
9 41 (11.33%) Network Security
10 39 (10.77%) BGP
11 35 (9.67%) OSPF
12 33 (9.12%) SSL
13 25 (6.91%) Wireshark
14 21 (5.80%) NAS
15 20 (5.52%) MPLS
16 18 (4.97%) SNMP
17 16 (4.42%) H.323
17 16 (4.42%) Internet
17 16 (4.42%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.14%) MySQL
2 11 (3.04%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (2.49%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.21%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.38%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.10%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.10%) Apache Hive
7 4 (1.10%) Couchbase
7 4 (1.10%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.10%) Tableau
8 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.55%) DB2
8 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.55%) Redis
9 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.28%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 44 (12.15%) Jenkins
2 42 (11.60%) Git
3 40 (11.05%) JIRA
4 8 (2.21%) Bitbucket
4 8 (2.21%) GitLab
4 8 (2.21%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.93%) CircleCI
5 7 (1.93%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (1.93%) Travis CI
6 6 (1.66%) Artifactory
6 6 (1.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.66%) Eclipse
6 6 (1.66%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.38%) Fiddler
8 4 (1.10%) IDA Disassembler
9 2 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.55%) TestRail
10 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.28%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 86 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (11.60%) Finance
4 38 (10.50%) Telecoms
5 25 (6.91%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.97%) Legal
6 18 (4.97%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.31%) Banking
8 11 (3.04%) Military
9 10 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.49%) Electronics
10 9 (2.49%) Marketing
11 8 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.21%) Mandarin Language
12 6 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.10%) Front Office
14 3 (0.83%) Automotive
14 3 (0.83%) German Language
14 3 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (15.19%) Network Engineer
2 47 (12.98%) Developer
3 36 (9.94%) Python Developer
3 36 (9.94%) Support Engineer
4 26 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (6.63%) Analyst
5 24 (6.63%) Senior
6 21 (5.80%) Linux Engineer
7 20 (5.52%) IT Support
8 19 (5.25%) Technical Support
9 17 (4.70%) Consultant
9 17 (4.70%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (4.42%) Support Specialist
11 11 (3.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 11 (3.04%) Administrator
11 11 (3.04%) Linux Server Engineer
11 11 (3.04%) Security Analyst
11 11 (3.04%) Security Engineer
11 11 (3.04%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.08%) Elastic Stack
2 20 (5.52%) LDAP
3 17 (4.70%) XML
4 16 (4.42%) .NET
4 16 (4.42%) JSON
5 15 (4.14%) REST
6 12 (3.31%) Web Services
7 11 (3.04%) YAML
8 8 (2.21%) SOAP
9 7 (1.93%) CSS
9 7 (1.93%) SAML
10 6 (1.66%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.66%) Node.js
10 6 (1.66%) RESTful
11 5 (1.38%) Twisted
12 4 (1.10%) .NET Framework
12 4 (1.10%) LEMP Stack
12 4 (1.10%) OLE
12 4 (1.10%) RabbitMQ
13 3 (0.83%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.29%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.63%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.97%) Clustering
4 16 (4.42%) IVR
5 13 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (3.04%) PKI
7 10 (2.76%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.49%) iPad
9 8 (2.21%) Replication
9 8 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.66%) CCTV
10 6 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.66%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.38%) Distributed Applications
11 5 (1.38%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.10%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.10%) CMDB
12 4 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.10%) IoT
12 4 (1.10%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 150 (41.44%) Windows
2 146 (40.33%) Linux
3 47 (12.98%) Windows Server
4 44 (12.15%) Unix
5 34 (9.39%) Windows 10
6 33 (9.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (6.63%) Ubuntu
8 21 (5.80%) Debian
9 13 (3.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.49%) Solaris
11 8 (2.21%) Oracle Linux
12 7 (1.93%) CentOS
13 5 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
14 4 (1.10%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
15 3 (0.83%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.83%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.83%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (21.55%) Agile
2 54 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (14.36%) DevOps
4 50 (13.81%) Infrastructure as Code
5 49 (13.54%) Customer Service
6 47 (12.98%) CI/CD
7 45 (12.43%) ITIL
8 40 (11.05%) Configuration Management
9 38 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (9.39%) SIEM
11 33 (9.12%) Continuous Integration
12 32 (8.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 31 (8.56%) Change Management
14 30 (8.29%) Migration
15 27 (7.46%) Computer Science
16 23 (6.35%) Infrastructure Automation
16 23 (6.35%) Project Management
17 22 (6.08%) Software Engineering
18 21 (5.80%) Data Modelling
18 21 (5.80%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 100 (27.62%) Python
2 50 (13.81%) PowerShell
3 35 (9.67%) Bash
4 30 (8.29%) Java
5 26 (7.18%) C#
6 22 (6.08%) JavaScript
7 21 (5.80%) SQL
8 20 (5.52%) Perl
9 17 (4.70%) C++
10 9 (2.49%) Go
11 8 (2.21%) C
12 7 (1.93%) PHP
13 3 (0.83%) Ruby
13 3 (0.83%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.83%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.28%) Rust
14 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (23.20%) Security Cleared
2 59 (16.30%) Degree
3 49 (13.54%) SC Cleared
4 46 (12.71%) DV Cleared
5 45 (12.43%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (8.84%) CCNP
7 31 (8.56%) CCNA
8 15 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.04%) CISSP
11 10 (2.76%) MCSE
12 8 (2.21%) CCDP
12 8 (2.21%) CISM
13 7 (1.93%) CCIE
13 7 (1.93%) CEH
14 5 (1.38%) PMP
15 4 (1.10%) APMP
15 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.83%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.63%) QA
2 20 (5.52%) NIST
3 18 (4.97%) GDPR
4 17 (4.70%) SLA
5 11 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.93%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.10%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.83%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.83%) NCSC
10 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.28%) COPPA
11 1 (0.28%) ISA99
11 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 84 (23.20%) Active Directory
2 54 (14.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (8.84%) Docker
4 16 (4.42%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (4.42%) VMware NSX
5 15 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.59%) Virtual Servers
7 12 (3.31%) vSphere
8 9 (2.49%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.38%) NFS
9 5 (1.38%) Samba
9 5 (1.38%) Snort
9 5 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.10%) Firmware
10 4 (1.10%) VirtualBox
10 4 (1.10%) XenApp
11 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.83%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.55%) Squid
12 2 (0.55%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 53 (14.64%) Terraform
2 50 (13.81%) Ansible
3 35 (9.67%) Kubernetes
4 29 (8.01%) SCCM
5 24 (6.63%) Puppet
6 19 (5.25%) Progress Chef
7 18 (4.97%) Kibana
8 14 (3.87%) Grafana
8 14 (3.87%) Prometheus
9 11 (3.04%) logstash
10 10 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (2.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (2.49%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (2.49%) FortiGate
11 9 (2.49%) Nagios
12 8 (2.21%) EMC NetWorker
12 8 (2.21%) Netcool
12 8 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (2.21%) Tivoli
12 8 (2.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 130 (35.91%) Microsoft
2 86 (23.76%) VMware
3 71 (19.61%) Cisco
4 44 (12.15%) Red Hat
5 37 (10.22%) Splunk
6 23 (6.35%) F5
7 21 (5.80%) Palo Alto
8 18 (4.97%) Avaya
8 18 (4.97%) Google
8 18 (4.97%) ServiceNow
9 17 (4.70%) HP
10 16 (4.42%) Oracle
11 14 (3.87%) IBM
12 13 (3.59%) Dell
12 13 (3.59%) SolarWinds
12 13 (3.59%) Verint
13 12 (3.31%) CheckPoint
14 11 (3.04%) Qualys
14 11 (3.04%) Remedy
14 11 (3.04%) Veeam