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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 179 166
Rank change year-on-year -26 -13 +16
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 204 321 474
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.98% 1.40% 1.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.19% 9.05% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 199 297
10th Percentile £184 £180 £163
25th Percentile £313 £313 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £562 £535
90th Percentile £625 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 31 29
10th Percentile £37.50 £18.50 £20.60
25th Percentile £61.94 £24.38 £20.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.55 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.92% +39.00% +80.00%
75th Percentile - £72.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £68.13 £77.50 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.38% +27.40% +13.92%

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 3,295 3,548 4,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.80% 15.48% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,866 2,221 2,761
10th Percentile £205 £210 £188
25th Percentile £350 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £550
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 300 237
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.37
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.05
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £71.01 £75.00 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £26.00
% change year-on-year +118.16% -29.48% +4.00%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -18 63 £450 -6.36% 49
Midlands +38 42 £513 +36.67% 34
North of England +1 36 £500 +42.86% 67
South West -15 32 £600 +23.08% 27
East Midlands +27 23 £475 +11.76% 20
East of England -2 21 £375 -11.76% 26
North West -8 20 £475 +35.71% 42
West Midlands +11 19 £525 +61.54% 14
Yorkshire +18 16 £622 +38.22% 21
Scotland +37 5 £319 -27.42% 11
Wales -1 4 £645 +17.18% 12
Northern Ireland -8 3 - - 1
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 22 (10.78%) Confluence
2 15 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (4.90%) SharePoint
4 8 (3.92%) IIS
5 6 (2.94%) nginx
6 4 (1.96%) Apache
6 4 (1.96%) Apache Solr
6 4 (1.96%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.98%) Traefik
8 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.10%) Azure
2 33 (16.18%) AWS
3 26 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (11.76%) GCP
5 11 (5.39%) GitHub
6 9 (4.41%) Kong
7 7 (3.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 7 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (2.94%) Apigee
8 6 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.96%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.96%) SaaS
9 4 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.98%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.98%) IaaS
11 2 (0.98%) PaaS
12 1 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.49%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 80 (39.22%) DNS
2 65 (31.86%) Firewall
3 52 (25.49%) VPN
4 45 (22.06%) DHCP
5 35 (17.16%) VLAN
6 20 (9.80%) BGP
6 20 (9.80%) SAN
7 19 (9.31%) HTTP
8 17 (8.33%) WAN
9 16 (7.84%) Ethernet
9 16 (7.84%) LAN
9 16 (7.84%) OSPF
10 14 (6.86%) Network Security
10 14 (6.86%) Wireless
11 11 (5.39%) VoIP
12 9 (4.41%) MPLS
12 9 (4.41%) Wireshark
13 8 (3.92%) SSL
14 6 (2.94%) Internet
14 6 (2.94%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.41%) Elasticsearch
1 9 (4.41%) MySQL
2 4 (1.96%) Couchbase
2 4 (1.96%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.47%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (0.98%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.49%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (14.22%) JIRA
2 16 (7.84%) Git
3 15 (7.35%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.39%) Eclipse
4 11 (5.39%) GitLab
4 11 (5.39%) Visual Studio
5 9 (4.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (4.41%) CircleCI
5 9 (4.41%) Travis CI
6 8 (3.92%) Bitbucket
7 6 (2.94%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.96%) Fiddler
8 4 (1.96%) TestRail
9 2 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.49%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 61 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.84%) Finance
4 15 (7.35%) Military
5 13 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.41%) Legal
8 6 (2.94%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.96%) Automotive
9 4 (1.96%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.47%) Front Office
10 3 (1.47%) Retail
11 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Banking
12 1 (0.49%) Electronics
12 1 (0.49%) Law
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (12.75%) Developer
2 22 (10.78%) Network Engineer
3 21 (10.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (10.29%) Support Engineer
4 20 (9.80%) Python Developer
5 18 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support
6 15 (7.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 14 (6.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 14 (6.86%) Software Engineer
8 13 (6.37%) IT Support
9 12 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (5.88%) Technical Support
10 11 (5.39%) C# Software Engineer
10 11 (5.39%) C++ Software Engineer
11 10 (4.90%) Analyst
12 9 (4.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 9 (4.41%) Administrator
12 9 (4.41%) Senior
12 9 (4.41%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (4.41%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.33%) XML
2 13 (6.37%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (6.37%) JSON
2 13 (6.37%) YAML
3 12 (5.88%) Web Services
4 11 (5.39%) Node.js
5 9 (4.41%) .NET
6 5 (2.45%) SOAP
7 4 (1.96%) .NET Framework
7 4 (1.96%) LEMP Stack
7 4 (1.96%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (1.96%) RESTful
7 4 (1.96%) SAML
8 3 (1.47%) CSS
8 3 (1.47%) REST
9 2 (0.98%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.98%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.98%) cloud-init
9 2 (0.98%) OLE
10 1 (0.49%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.41%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.94%) iPad
3 6 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.96%) IVR
5 4 (1.96%) PKI
6 3 (1.47%) IoT
6 3 (1.47%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.98%) Clustering
7 2 (0.98%) CMDB
7 2 (0.98%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.49%) Replication
8 1 (0.49%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.49%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 87 (42.65%) Windows
2 73 (35.78%) Linux
3 23 (11.27%) Windows 10
3 23 (11.27%) Windows Server
4 21 (10.29%) Unix
5 18 (8.82%) Ubuntu
6 14 (6.86%) Debian
7 13 (6.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (3.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.94%) CentOS
9 6 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.96%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (1.47%) VMS
12 2 (0.98%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (26.47%) Agile
2 32 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (14.71%) Customer Service
4 27 (13.24%) CI/CD
4 27 (13.24%) Continuous Integration
4 27 (13.24%) ITIL
5 25 (12.25%) DevOps
6 24 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (11.76%) Software Engineering
7 22 (10.78%) Infrastructure as Code
8 21 (10.29%) Configuration Management
9 20 (9.80%) Project Management
9 20 (9.80%) Scrum
10 19 (9.31%) Change Management
10 19 (9.31%) Validation
10 19 (9.31%) Visualisation
11 18 (8.82%) Migration
12 17 (8.33%) TDD
13 16 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (22.06%) Python
2 30 (14.71%) PowerShell
3 25 (12.25%) C#
4 19 (9.31%) C++
5 17 (8.33%) SQL
6 16 (7.84%) Bash
7 15 (7.35%) JavaScript
8 10 (4.90%) Java
9 6 (2.94%) C
10 4 (1.96%) PHP
10 4 (1.96%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.47%) ActionScript
11 3 (1.47%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.98%) Go
12 2 (0.98%) Ruby
13 1 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (25.98%) Security Cleared
2 35 (17.16%) SC Cleared
3 32 (15.69%) Degree
4 29 (14.22%) DV Cleared
5 21 (10.29%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (7.84%) CCNA
7 15 (7.35%) CCNP
8 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.43%) MCSE
10 6 (2.94%) CCIE
11 5 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.96%) HNC
12 4 (1.96%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.96%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.96%) VCAP
12 4 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.25%) QA
2 15 (7.35%) NIST
3 11 (5.39%) SLA
4 7 (3.43%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.94%) GDPR
6 5 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.45%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.47%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.98%) NCSC
System Software
1 46 (22.55%) Active Directory
2 41 (20.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (7.84%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (7.35%) Docker
4 15 (7.35%) vSphere
5 13 (6.37%) VMware NSX
6 10 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.43%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (2.45%) Firmware
9 4 (1.96%) Hyper-V
9 4 (1.96%) VirtualBox
10 3 (1.47%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.98%) XenApp
12 1 (0.49%) Lustre
12 1 (0.49%) NFS
12 1 (0.49%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.49%) Snort
Systems Management
1 28 (13.73%) SCCM
2 25 (12.25%) Ansible
2 25 (12.25%) Terraform
3 19 (9.31%) Kubernetes
4 15 (7.35%) Prometheus
5 14 (6.86%) Grafana
6 11 (5.39%) Docker Swarm
6 11 (5.39%) Puppet
7 10 (4.90%) Kibana
8 9 (4.41%) logstash
8 9 (4.41%) Nessus
8 9 (4.41%) Progress Chef
8 9 (4.41%) WSUS
9 7 (3.43%) Nagios
9 7 (3.43%) vCenter Server
10 6 (2.94%) SCOM
11 5 (2.45%) FortiGate
12 4 (1.96%) Graylog
12 4 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (40.20%) Microsoft
2 62 (30.39%) VMware
3 35 (17.16%) Cisco
4 20 (9.80%) Splunk
5 18 (8.82%) Red Hat
6 14 (6.86%) F5
7 12 (5.88%) SolarWinds
8 9 (4.41%) Veeam
9 8 (3.92%) Avaya
9 8 (3.92%) Fortinet
9 8 (3.92%) Google
9 8 (3.92%) Palo Alto
10 7 (3.43%) Atlassian
10 7 (3.43%) Qualys
10 7 (3.43%) Remedy
11 5 (2.45%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.45%) Oracle
12 4 (1.96%) Citrix
12 4 (1.96%) LogicMonitor
12 4 (1.96%) Verint