TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 2.41% 1.11% 1.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% 25.00% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £535 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £577 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% - -
75th Percentile £627 £538 -
90th Percentile £641 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £325
% change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £27.00
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 4.82% 4.44% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £401 £411 £225
25th Percentile £477 £428 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.57% +2.78% +3.45%
75th Percentile £594 £503 £594
90th Percentile £628 £524 £638
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +46.67%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Worcestershire

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing TCP/IP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing TCP/IP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Malvern - 2 £577 -
TCP/IP
West Midlands

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Multicast
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Server Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (50.00%) Server Patching
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) VMware