TCP/IP Contracts in the West Midlands

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 91 90 120
Rank change year-on-year -1 +30 +28
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 6 21 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.45% 1.08% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.20% 5.32% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 18 15
10th Percentile - £189 £163
25th Percentile - £228 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £525 £320
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +64.06% -14.09%
75th Percentile - £569 £385
90th Percentile - £575 £538
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England 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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 143 395 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.63% 20.29% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 232 218
10th Percentile £145 £201 £263
25th Percentile £263 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £598 £575 £606
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 6
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.78 £13.50 £13.13
Median hourly rate £16.23 £19.95 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% +19.10% +1.52%
75th Percentile £19.65 £23.75 £20.58
90th Percentile £35.95 £28.75 £21.80
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the West Midlands

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in the West Midlands

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in the West Midlands

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +15 4 - - 15
Shropshire - 2 £210 -
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
2 4 (66.67%) BGP
2 4 (66.67%) IPsec
2 4 (66.67%) Network Security
2 4 (66.67%) OSPF
2 4 (66.67%) SSL
2 4 (66.67%) VLAN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Check Point Expert
2 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Check Point GAiA
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) High Availability
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CCSE
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 4 (66.67%) Fortinet