TCP/IP Contracts in Northern Ireland

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 25 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 3 14 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.91% 7.45% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.43% 40.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 -
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +8.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 14 35 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 8.92% 18.62% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 13
10th Percentile £516 £156 £279
25th Percentile £531 £160 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £200 £433
Median % change year-on-year +181.25% -53.76% +38.40%
75th Percentile £569 £400 £550
90th Percentile - - £560
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - £18.43 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +41.77% -7.14%
75th Percentile - - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
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 Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Northern Ireland

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Northern Ireland

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Northern Ireland

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +3 3 - - 1
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) Skype
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) SAP