TCP/IP Contracts in Wales

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 35 39 32
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +23
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 8 5 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.73% 1.27% 4.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.94% 13.51% 28.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 23
10th Percentile £235 - £383
25th Percentile £325 £563 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £645 £525
Median % change year-on-year -34.06% +22.76% +22.92%
75th Percentile £453 £667 £613
90th Percentile £458 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 67 37 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 22.87% 9.37% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 23 78
10th Percentile £165 £173 £250
25th Percentile £208 £199 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -40.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £440 £588 £550
90th Percentile £472 £685 £641
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.75 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £15.56 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £16.77 -
Median % change year-on-year +123.68% - -
75th Percentile £43.13 £17.97 -
90th Percentile £50.00 £18.69 -
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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Wales

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Wales

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Wales

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Wales

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales +6 5 £425 -34.06% 21
North Wales - 2 - - 2
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (25.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) Linode
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) DHCP
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) VoIP
3 3 (37.50%) VPN
3 3 (37.50%) Wireless
4 2 (25.00%) LAN
4 2 (25.00%) Skype
4 2 (25.00%) WAN
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (12.50%) HTTP
5 1 (12.50%) PBX
5 1 (12.50%) SSL
5 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Deskside Support
2 1 (12.50%) Deskside Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Junior
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Field Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Anti-Spyware
2 1 (12.50%) e-Learning
2 1 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (12.50%) CentOS
4 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
4 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Data Security
2 1 (12.50%) High Availability
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) ITSM
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Security Patching
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) AirWatch
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
1 2 (25.00%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Adobe
2 2 (25.00%) Apple
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Ivanti
2 2 (25.00%) MobileIron
2 2 (25.00%) Remedy
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Aerohive Networks
3 1 (12.50%) Ekahau
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat