TCP/IP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 165 174
Rank change year-on-year -27 +9 +12
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 214 364 452
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.04% 1.52% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.31% 10.22% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 220 286
10th Percentile £184 £246 £155
25th Percentile £350 £325 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% +19.25% -
75th Percentile £550 £558 £500
90th Percentile £630 £672 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 41 25
10th Percentile £33.70 £20.93 £20.00
25th Percentile £60.12 £54.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - +195.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile - £74.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £67.98
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £63.78 £28.50
% change year-on-year +1.92% +123.77% -28.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,393 3,560 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.44% 14.91% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,945 2,259 2,657
10th Percentile £203 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 323 237
10th Percentile £13.48 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
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 TCP/IP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
South East -3 65 £475 -1.16% 62
Midlands +52 44 £500 +48.15% 66
North of England -29 28 £463 -11.90% 67
South West -15 27 £600 +23.08% 38
East Midlands +39 24 £488 +26.62% 33
Scotland +50 20 £619 +40.84% 13
West Midlands +21 20 £525 +64.06% 33
East of England -15 20 £375 -11.76% 35
North West -16 19 £430 -18.10% 46
Yorkshire +6 9 £624 +18.76% 19
Northern Ireland -4 5 - - 4
Wales -8 5 £645 +22.76% 8
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (7.94%) Confluence
2 15 (7.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (5.61%) SharePoint
4 10 (4.67%) IIS
5 7 (3.27%) Apache
5 7 (3.27%) Tomcat
6 6 (2.80%) nginx
7 4 (1.87%) Apache Solr
8 3 (1.40%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.93%) Traefik
10 1 (0.47%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.47%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 37 (17.29%) Azure
2 32 (14.95%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (14.49%) AWS
4 20 (9.35%) GCP
5 9 (4.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 9 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
6 8 (3.74%) Amazon EC2
6 8 (3.74%) GitHub
7 6 (2.80%) Apigee
7 6 (2.80%) Kong
8 5 (2.34%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.34%) IaaS
8 5 (2.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.40%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.40%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.93%) PaaS
10 2 (0.93%) SaaS
11 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 86 (40.19%) DNS
2 57 (26.64%) Firewall
3 50 (23.36%) VPN
4 46 (21.50%) DHCP
5 30 (14.02%) HTTP
6 28 (13.08%) SAN
6 28 (13.08%) VLAN
7 19 (8.88%) WAN
8 18 (8.41%) LAN
9 17 (7.94%) OSPF
10 16 (7.48%) BGP
10 16 (7.48%) Ethernet
11 14 (6.54%) SSL
12 12 (5.61%) Network Security
13 9 (4.21%) MPLS
13 9 (4.21%) VoIP
13 9 (4.21%) Wireless
13 9 (4.21%) Wireshark
14 8 (3.74%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 8 (3.74%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.14%) MySQL
2 6 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.34%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.87%) Couchbase
4 4 (1.87%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.87%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.87%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (11.68%) JIRA
2 20 (9.35%) Git
2 20 (9.35%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.67%) Eclipse
3 10 (4.67%) Visual Studio
4 8 (3.74%) Bitbucket
4 8 (3.74%) GitLab
5 6 (2.80%) Artifactory
5 6 (2.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (2.80%) CircleCI
5 6 (2.80%) Travis CI
6 3 (1.40%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.93%) TestRail
8 1 (0.47%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 65 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.48%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.01%) Finance
5 14 (6.54%) Military
6 13 (6.07%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.67%) Legal
9 8 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.74%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.34%) Banking
11 3 (1.40%) Electronics
11 3 (1.40%) Front Office
11 3 (1.40%) Marketing
11 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Automotive
12 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.47%) Law
13 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (19.63%) Developer
2 33 (15.42%) Python Developer
3 24 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (11.21%) Network Engineer
4 21 (9.81%) Support Engineer
5 15 (7.01%) 2nd Line Support
5 15 (7.01%) Technical Support
6 14 (6.54%) Software Engineer
7 12 (5.61%) IT Support
7 12 (5.61%) Senior
7 12 (5.61%) Support Specialist
8 11 (5.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 11 (5.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (5.14%) Analyst
8 11 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (4.67%) C# Software Engineer
9 10 (4.67%) C++ Software Engineer
10 9 (4.21%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 9 (4.21%) Administrator
11 8 (3.74%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.48%) XML
2 12 (5.61%) Web Services
3 11 (5.14%) Elastic Stack
3 11 (5.14%) REST
4 10 (4.67%) .NET
4 10 (4.67%) JSON
4 10 (4.67%) Node.js
4 10 (4.67%) YAML
5 5 (2.34%) AngularJS
5 5 (2.34%) CSS
5 5 (2.34%) SOAP
5 5 (2.34%) Twisted
6 4 (1.87%) LEMP Stack
6 4 (1.87%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (1.87%) RESTful
7 3 (1.40%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.40%) SAML
8 2 (0.93%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.93%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.14%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.21%) Public Cloud
3 8 (3.74%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.27%) iPad
5 6 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.80%) IVR
6 5 (2.34%) PKI
7 4 (1.87%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.87%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.40%) IoT
9 2 (0.93%) Clustering
9 2 (0.93%) CMDB
9 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.47%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 94 (43.93%) Linux
2 92 (42.99%) Windows
3 28 (13.08%) Unix
4 26 (12.15%) Windows 10
5 25 (11.68%) Ubuntu
6 24 (11.21%) Windows Server
7 21 (9.81%) Debian
8 15 (7.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (4.67%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.80%) CentOS
11 4 (1.87%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.93%) VMS
13 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.47%) Android
14 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.47%) Solaris
14 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.10%) Agile
2 35 (16.36%) Customer Service
3 33 (15.42%) ITIL
4 30 (14.02%) CI/CD
5 27 (12.62%) Configuration Management
6 26 (12.15%) Infrastructure as Code
6 26 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (11.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (11.21%) DevOps
8 24 (11.21%) Software Engineering
9 22 (10.28%) Continuous Integration
10 21 (9.81%) Data Modelling
10 21 (9.81%) Migration
11 19 (8.88%) Change Management
12 18 (8.41%) Data Engineering
12 18 (8.41%) Project Management
12 18 (8.41%) Prototyping
12 18 (8.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 18 (8.41%) Visualisation
13 16 (7.48%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 60 (28.04%) Python
2 27 (12.62%) PowerShell
3 24 (11.21%) C#
4 22 (10.28%) Bash
5 21 (9.81%) JavaScript
6 20 (9.35%) Java
7 18 (8.41%) C++
8 15 (7.01%) SQL
9 10 (4.67%) Perl
10 6 (2.80%) C
11 4 (1.87%) PHP
12 3 (1.40%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.93%) Go
13 2 (0.93%) Ruby
13 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 41 (19.16%) SC Cleared
3 37 (17.29%) Degree
4 36 (16.82%) DV Cleared
5 21 (9.81%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (7.48%) CCNA
6 16 (7.48%) CCNP
7 13 (6.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.21%) MCSE
9 7 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.80%) CCIE
11 4 (1.87%) VCAP
11 4 (1.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.93%) HNC
13 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.93%) MCSD
13 2 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.28%) QA
2 16 (7.48%) SLA
3 15 (7.01%) NIST
4 7 (3.27%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.80%) GDPR
6 5 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.34%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.40%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.93%) NCSC
System Software
1 47 (21.96%) Active Directory
2 37 (17.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.01%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (6.54%) VMware NSX
5 12 (5.61%) vSphere
6 11 (5.14%) Docker
7 9 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (4.21%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.87%) Firmware
8 4 (1.87%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.87%) VirtualBox
9 3 (1.40%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.93%) XenApp
11 1 (0.47%) Lustre
11 1 (0.47%) NFS
11 1 (0.47%) Samba
11 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.47%) Snort
Systems Management
1 26 (12.15%) Ansible
1 26 (12.15%) SCCM
2 25 (11.68%) Terraform
3 16 (7.48%) Kubernetes
4 13 (6.07%) Grafana
4 13 (6.07%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.21%) Puppet
6 8 (3.74%) Docker Swarm
6 8 (3.74%) Nagios
7 7 (3.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (3.27%) Kibana
7 7 (3.27%) Progress Chef
7 7 (3.27%) vCenter Server
8 6 (2.80%) logstash
9 5 (2.34%) FortiGate
9 5 (2.34%) Graylog
9 5 (2.34%) SCOM
9 5 (2.34%) WSUS
10 4 (1.87%) Autotask
11 3 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (43.46%) Microsoft
2 67 (31.31%) VMware
3 28 (13.08%) Red Hat
4 26 (12.15%) Cisco
5 18 (8.41%) F5
6 17 (7.94%) Splunk
7 11 (5.14%) SolarWinds
8 9 (4.21%) Palo Alto
8 9 (4.21%) Veeam
9 8 (3.74%) Google
9 8 (3.74%) Remedy
10 7 (3.27%) Avaya
10 7 (3.27%) Fortinet
10 7 (3.27%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.80%) Atlassian
11 6 (2.80%) CheckPoint
11 6 (2.80%) HP
12 5 (2.34%) Oracle
12 5 (2.34%) Verint
13 4 (1.87%) SAP