TCP/IP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 226 261 296
Rank change year-on-year +35 +35 -14
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 118 225 380
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.78% 0.88% 0.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.50% 7.63% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 142 224
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £405 £350 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -0.53% +8.94%
75th Percentile £560 £613 £575
90th Percentile £625 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 20
10th Percentile £19.93 £27.60 -
25th Percentile £22.06 £56.63 £20.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.08% +150.00% -19.38%
75th Percentile £34.81 - £48.62
90th Percentile £52.93 £68.30 £66.15
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,573 2,949 4,353
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.33% 11.55% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,022 1,962 2,948
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 103
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £25.88
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%

TCP/IP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

TCP/IP trend for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing TCP/IP.

TCP/IP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

TCP/IP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing TCP/IP.

TCP/IP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

TCP/IP hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (18.64%) Confluence
2 7 (5.93%) nginx
3 4 (3.39%) Apache
3 4 (3.39%) Apache Solr
4 3 (2.54%) IIS
4 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.54%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.85%) CICS
5 1 (0.85%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.85%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 28 (23.73%) AWS
2 23 (19.49%) Azure
3 19 (16.10%) GCP
4 14 (11.86%) IaaS
5 11 (9.32%) SaaS
6 10 (8.47%) PaaS
7 8 (6.78%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (5.93%) Nutanix
8 7 (5.93%) Rubrik
9 5 (4.24%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (3.39%) GitHub
10 4 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (2.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.54%) OpenShift
12 2 (1.69%) Apigee
12 2 (1.69%) Kong
12 2 (1.69%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (36.44%) DNS
2 39 (33.05%) Firewall
3 28 (23.73%) DHCP
4 26 (22.03%) SAN
5 23 (19.49%) VPN
6 19 (16.10%) HTTP
7 18 (15.25%) VLAN
8 15 (12.71%) Network Security
9 14 (11.86%) BGP
10 13 (11.02%) OSPF
11 10 (8.47%) WAN
12 9 (7.63%) Internet
12 9 (7.63%) MPLS
12 9 (7.63%) SNMP
13 8 (6.78%) Kerberos
13 8 (6.78%) LAN
13 8 (6.78%) Wireshark
14 7 (5.93%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (5.93%) IPsec
14 7 (5.93%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.63%) MySQL
2 7 (5.93%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.24%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.39%) Apache Hive
4 4 (3.39%) Couchbase
4 4 (3.39%) Hadoop
4 4 (3.39%) RDBMS
4 4 (3.39%) Tableau
5 3 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.69%) Redis
6 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.85%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.85%) DB2
Development Applications
1 23 (19.49%) JIRA
2 18 (15.25%) Git
3 16 (13.56%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.93%) Bitbucket
4 7 (5.93%) TeamCity
5 4 (3.39%) IDA Disassembler
6 3 (2.54%) Artifactory
6 3 (2.54%) CircleCI
6 3 (2.54%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (2.54%) Travis CI
7 2 (1.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (1.69%) GitLab
8 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.85%) Darcs
8 1 (0.85%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.85%) Maven
8 1 (0.85%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.85%) Selenium
8 1 (0.85%) TestRail
8 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.86%) Finance
4 8 (6.78%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.78%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.93%) Legal
6 5 (4.24%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Automotive
8 2 (1.69%) Front Office
8 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Retail
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Electronics
9 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Military
9 1 (0.85%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 23 (19.49%) Developer
2 18 (15.25%) Network Engineer
2 18 (15.25%) Python Developer
3 14 (11.86%) Senior
4 8 (6.78%) Analyst
4 8 (6.78%) Consultant
4 8 (6.78%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (6.78%) Test Engineer
5 7 (5.93%) Support Engineer
6 6 (5.08%) Linux Engineer
6 6 (5.08%) Security Analyst
7 5 (4.24%) Support Officer
7 5 (4.24%) Technical Support
7 5 (4.24%) Technical Support Officer
8 4 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (3.39%) Integration Engineer
8 4 (3.39%) Senior Python Developer
8 4 (3.39%) Senior Software Developer
8 4 (3.39%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
8 4 (3.39%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.78%) LDAP
1 8 (6.78%) XML
2 7 (5.93%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (5.08%) JSON
3 6 (5.08%) REST
3 6 (5.08%) YAML
4 5 (4.24%) SOAP
5 4 (3.39%) .NET
5 4 (3.39%) CSS
5 4 (3.39%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (3.39%) OLE
5 4 (3.39%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (3.39%) Web Services
6 3 (2.54%) RESTful
7 2 (1.69%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.69%) HTML
8 1 (0.85%) Ajax
8 1 (0.85%) Node.js
8 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.85%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.17%) Clustering
2 8 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.93%) Replication
4 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.39%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.39%) PKI
4 4 (3.39%) YARA
5 3 (2.54%) Distributed Applications
5 3 (2.54%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.69%) IVR
6 2 (1.69%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) CMDB
7 1 (0.85%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) IoT
7 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 60 (50.85%) Linux
2 44 (37.29%) Windows
3 20 (16.95%) Ubuntu
4 18 (15.25%) Debian
5 10 (8.47%) Windows Server
6 9 (7.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (5.93%) Oracle Linux
7 7 (5.93%) Solaris
7 7 (5.93%) Unix
8 5 (4.24%) CentOS
9 4 (3.39%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.85%) Android
11 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.85%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (38.14%) Agile
2 25 (21.19%) DevOps
3 24 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 22 (18.64%) Customer Service
5 21 (17.80%) Configuration Management
5 21 (17.80%) ITIL
6 20 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (15.25%) Data Modelling
8 17 (14.41%) Continuous Integration
8 17 (14.41%) Data Engineering
9 16 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (12.71%) Matrix Organization
10 15 (12.71%) Prototyping
10 15 (12.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 15 (12.71%) Vulnerability Management
11 14 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (11.86%) High Availability
11 14 (11.86%) Root Cause Analysis
11 14 (11.86%) Software Engineering
12 13 (11.02%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 46 (38.98%) Python
2 19 (16.10%) Bash
3 18 (15.25%) PowerShell
4 11 (9.32%) C++
5 9 (7.63%) JavaScript
6 8 (6.78%) SQL
7 7 (5.93%) Java
7 7 (5.93%) PHP
8 6 (5.08%) C
9 5 (4.24%) Go
9 5 (4.24%) Perl
10 4 (3.39%) C#
11 2 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.69%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.85%) Ruby
12 1 (0.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 32 (27.12%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 19 (16.10%) DV Cleared
4 15 (12.71%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (12.71%) Degree
5 11 (9.32%) CCNP
6 10 (8.47%) CCNA
7 8 (6.78%) CCDP
8 6 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.39%) APMP
9 4 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (3.39%) CEH
9 4 (3.39%) CISM
9 4 (3.39%) CISSP
9 4 (3.39%) PMP
10 3 (2.54%) BC Cleared
10 3 (2.54%) CCIP
11 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.85%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.56%) GDPR
2 13 (11.02%) QA
3 10 (8.47%) NIST
4 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (4.24%) HIPAA
5 5 (4.24%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.69%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (1.69%) SLA
7 1 (0.85%) COPPA
7 1 (0.85%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (17.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (15.25%) Active Directory
3 17 (14.41%) Docker
4 9 (7.63%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (5.93%) vSphere
6 6 (5.08%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (5.08%) VMware NSX
7 5 (4.24%) Snort
7 5 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (2.54%) VirtualBox
9 2 (1.69%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.69%) Squid
9 2 (1.69%) XenApp
10 1 (0.85%) Firmware
10 1 (0.85%) iptables
10 1 (0.85%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 33 (27.97%) Terraform
2 28 (23.73%) Ansible
3 18 (15.25%) Kubernetes
4 10 (8.47%) Kibana
5 7 (5.93%) EMC NetWorker
5 7 (5.93%) Netcool
5 7 (5.93%) Tivoli
5 7 (5.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 6 (5.08%) Grafana
7 4 (3.39%) Prometheus
7 4 (3.39%) Puppet
8 3 (2.54%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (2.54%) logstash
8 3 (2.54%) Nagios
8 3 (2.54%) Nessus
8 3 (2.54%) Progress Chef
8 3 (2.54%) WSUS
9 2 (1.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (1.69%) HAProxy
9 2 (1.69%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 40 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 39 (33.05%) VMware
3 27 (22.88%) Cisco
4 23 (19.49%) Red Hat
5 20 (16.95%) Splunk
6 12 (10.17%) Google
6 12 (10.17%) Oracle
7 10 (8.47%) Palo Alto
8 9 (7.63%) Qualys
9 8 (6.78%) CyberArk
9 8 (6.78%) HP
9 8 (6.78%) IBM
9 8 (6.78%) ServiceNow
10 7 (5.93%) Dell
10 7 (5.93%) EMC
10 7 (5.93%) Isilon
10 7 (5.93%) Serena
11 6 (5.08%) Arista
11 6 (5.08%) Aruba
12 5 (4.24%) Zscaler