TCP/IP Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 167 170
Rank change year-on-year -45 +3 +23
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 202 324 467
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.95% 1.43% 1.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.14% 9.17% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 198 292
10th Percentile £184 £175 £163
25th Percentile £275 £313 £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £562 £533
90th Percentile £625 £673 £625
UK median daily rate £488 £485 £475
% change year-on-year +0.52% +2.11% +7.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 29
10th Percentile £35.15 £18.50 £20.60
25th Percentile £56.49 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.91 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.35% +30.90% +80.00%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £77.65 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year +15.40% +25.17% +13.21%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,288 3,532 4,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 15.56% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 2,200 2,762
10th Percentile £203 £210 £190
25th Percentile £350 £338 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 299 243
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.91
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -19 60 £450 +3.24% 56
Midlands +24 41 £488 +30.00% 35
North of England -9 39 £456 +30.36% 63
South West -23 32 £600 +23.08% 31
East Midlands +24 23 £375 -11.76% 21
Yorkshire +15 20 £360 -20.00% 20
East of England -5 20 £375 -11.76% 29
North West -10 19 £456 +30.36% 38
West Midlands +8 18 £525 +61.54% 14
Scotland +45 5 £319 -27.42% 10
Wales +5 4 £645 +17.18% 11
Northern Ireland -13 3 - - 2
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 (10.89%) Confluence
2 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.96%) IIS
3 8 (3.96%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.48%) Apache
4 5 (2.48%) nginx
5 4 (1.98%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.98%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.50%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.50%) Traefik
Applications
1 10 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 40 (19.80%) Azure
2 28 (13.86%) AWS
3 24 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (10.40%) GCP
5 11 (5.45%) GitHub
6 9 (4.46%) Kong
7 6 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (2.97%) Apigee
7 6 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.98%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.98%) SaaS
10 3 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.99%) IaaS
11 2 (0.99%) PaaS
12 1 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 78 (38.61%) DNS
2 65 (32.18%) Firewall
3 55 (27.23%) VPN
4 43 (21.29%) DHCP
5 34 (16.83%) VLAN
6 20 (9.90%) HTTP
7 19 (9.41%) BGP
7 19 (9.41%) SAN
8 16 (7.92%) Ethernet
8 16 (7.92%) LAN
8 16 (7.92%) WAN
9 15 (7.43%) Network Security
9 15 (7.43%) OSPF
9 15 (7.43%) Wireless
10 11 (5.45%) VoIP
11 10 (4.95%) MPLS
11 10 (4.95%) Wireshark
12 9 (4.46%) SSL
13 7 (3.47%) Internet
13 7 (3.47%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.95%) MySQL
2 9 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.98%) Couchbase
4 4 (1.98%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.99%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.50%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.50%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.50%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (14.36%) JIRA
2 15 (7.43%) Git
3 14 (6.93%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.45%) Eclipse
4 11 (5.45%) Visual Studio
5 10 (4.95%) GitLab
6 9 (4.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (4.46%) CircleCI
6 9 (4.46%) Travis CI
7 8 (3.96%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.97%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.98%) Fiddler
9 4 (1.98%) TestRail
10 2 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.50%) IDA Disassembler
11 1 (0.50%) Metasploit
General
1 60 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (6.93%) Finance
3 14 (6.93%) Military
4 13 (6.44%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (5.94%) Telecoms
6 11 (5.45%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.46%) Legal
8 6 (2.97%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.98%) Automotive
9 4 (1.98%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.49%) Front Office
11 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Retail
12 1 (0.50%) Banking
12 1 (0.50%) Electronics
12 1 (0.50%) Law
12 1 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (12.38%) Developer
2 22 (10.89%) Network Engineer
3 21 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (10.40%) Support Engineer
4 20 (9.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 19 (9.41%) Python Developer
6 16 (7.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 15 (7.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 14 (6.93%) IT Support
8 14 (6.93%) Software Engineer
9 11 (5.45%) C# Software Engineer
9 11 (5.45%) C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (5.45%) Technical Support
10 10 (4.95%) Administrator
10 10 (4.95%) Analyst
11 9 (4.46%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 9 (4.46%) Senior
11 9 (4.46%) Test Engineer
12 8 (3.96%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.42%) XML
2 13 (6.44%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (6.44%) JSON
2 13 (6.44%) YAML
3 11 (5.45%) Node.js
3 11 (5.45%) Web Services
4 9 (4.46%) .NET
5 4 (1.98%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.98%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (1.98%) RESTful
5 4 (1.98%) SAML
5 4 (1.98%) SOAP
6 3 (1.49%) CSS
7 2 (0.99%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.99%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.99%) LDAP
7 2 (0.99%) OLE
7 2 (0.99%) REST
8 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.46%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.97%) iPad
4 5 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.48%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.98%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.98%) IVR
5 4 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.49%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.49%) IoT
7 2 (0.99%) CMDB
7 2 (0.99%) PKI
8 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.50%) Clustering
8 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Replication
8 1 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.50%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 90 (44.55%) Windows
2 71 (35.15%) Linux
3 24 (11.88%) Windows 10
3 24 (11.88%) Windows Server
4 21 (10.40%) Unix
5 18 (8.91%) Ubuntu
6 13 (6.44%) Debian
7 12 (5.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (3.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.48%) CentOS
11 4 (1.98%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (1.49%) VMS
13 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.50%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.25%) Agile
2 30 (14.85%) Customer Service
2 30 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (12.87%) CI/CD
3 26 (12.87%) Continuous Integration
4 25 (12.38%) ITIL
5 24 (11.88%) DevOps
5 24 (11.88%) Software Engineering
6 23 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 22 (10.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (9.90%) Scrum
9 19 (9.41%) Configuration Management
9 19 (9.41%) Project Management
9 19 (9.41%) Validation
9 19 (9.41%) Visualisation
10 18 (8.91%) Change Management
11 17 (8.42%) TDD
12 16 (7.92%) Migration
13 15 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (6.93%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 41 (20.30%) Python
2 30 (14.85%) PowerShell
3 25 (12.38%) C#
4 19 (9.41%) C++
5 16 (7.92%) SQL
6 15 (7.43%) Bash
6 15 (7.43%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.95%) Java
8 6 (2.97%) C
9 4 (1.98%) PHP
9 4 (1.98%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.49%) ActionScript
10 3 (1.49%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.50%) Go
11 1 (0.50%) Ruby
11 1 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (24.75%) Security Cleared
2 32 (15.84%) SC Cleared
3 30 (14.85%) Degree
4 28 (13.86%) DV Cleared
5 22 (10.89%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (8.42%) CCNA
7 16 (7.92%) CCNP
8 11 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.47%) MCSE
10 6 (2.97%) CCIE
11 5 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.98%) HNC
12 4 (1.98%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.98%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.98%) VCAP
12 4 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.38%) QA
2 15 (7.43%) NIST
3 9 (4.46%) SLA
4 7 (3.47%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.97%) GDPR
6 5 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 48 (23.76%) Active Directory
2 41 (20.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (7.92%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (7.43%) vSphere
5 14 (6.93%) Docker
6 13 (6.44%) VMware NSX
7 10 (4.95%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.97%) Firmware
8 6 (2.97%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.98%) Hyper-V
9 4 (1.98%) VirtualBox
10 3 (1.49%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.99%) NFS
11 2 (0.99%) XenApp
12 1 (0.50%) Lustre
12 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.50%) Snort
12 1 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 26 (12.87%) SCCM
2 24 (11.88%) Terraform
3 23 (11.39%) Ansible
4 18 (8.91%) Kubernetes
5 14 (6.93%) Grafana
5 14 (6.93%) Prometheus
6 10 (4.95%) Docker Swarm
6 10 (4.95%) Kibana
6 10 (4.95%) Puppet
7 9 (4.46%) logstash
7 9 (4.46%) Nessus
7 9 (4.46%) Progress Chef
7 9 (4.46%) WSUS
8 7 (3.47%) Nagios
8 7 (3.47%) vCenter Server
9 5 (2.48%) FortiGate
9 5 (2.48%) SCOM
10 4 (1.98%) Autotask
10 4 (1.98%) Graylog
10 4 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (40.59%) Microsoft
2 61 (30.20%) VMware
3 35 (17.33%) Cisco
4 20 (9.90%) Splunk
5 17 (8.42%) Red Hat
6 14 (6.93%) F5
7 11 (5.45%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.95%) Veeam
9 9 (4.46%) Avaya
10 8 (3.96%) Qualys
11 7 (3.47%) Atlassian
11 7 (3.47%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.97%) Google
12 6 (2.97%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.97%) Remedy
13 5 (2.48%) Citrix
13 5 (2.48%) Oracle
14 4 (1.98%) CheckPoint
14 4 (1.98%) Mitel
14 4 (1.98%) Verint