TCP/IP Contracts in London

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 260 303
Rank change year-on-year -36 +43 -7
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 104 235 330
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.59% 0.93% 0.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.26% 9.16% 8.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 159 234
10th Percentile £225 £246 £240
25th Percentile £306 £350 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -2.33% +18.13%
75th Percentile £644 £700 £688
90th Percentile £718 £806 £763
England median daily rate £481 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +1.32% +2.70% +6.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 6
10th Percentile - £31.25 £25.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £35.50 £25.81
Median hourly rate £20.00 £50.42 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -60.33% +37.20% -34.67%
75th Percentile - - £48.06
90th Percentile £22.25 £56.94 £58.04
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year +17.49% +22.94% +39.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,662 2,565 3,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.47% 10.20% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,804 2,587
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.40%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 48 91
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.27 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +31.89% -44.62%
75th Percentile £41.25 £67.44 £42.78
90th Percentile £59.75 £75.00 £63.13
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +6.27%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Central London +7 10 £750 +38.57% 10
East London -3 4 £225 - 4
West London +21 2 £80 -87.33% 8
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 7 (6.73%) Confluence
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.81%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.85%) Apache
4 3 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.88%) nginx
5 2 (1.92%) IIS
6 1 (0.96%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.96%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.96%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (27.88%) AWS
2 28 (26.92%) Azure
3 16 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (14.42%) GCP
5 9 (8.65%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (8.65%) PaaS
6 7 (6.73%) SaaS
7 6 (5.77%) IaaS
7 6 (5.77%) Nutanix
8 5 (4.81%) Rubrik
9 4 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (3.85%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (2.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.88%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.88%) Datadog
10 3 (2.88%) GitHub
10 3 (2.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 62 (59.62%) DNS
2 45 (43.27%) DHCP
3 44 (42.31%) HTTP
4 39 (37.50%) Firewall
5 22 (21.15%) BGP
6 19 (18.27%) Network Security
7 17 (16.35%) OSPF
7 17 (16.35%) SSL
7 17 (16.35%) VPN
7 17 (16.35%) WAN
8 16 (15.38%) LAN
9 13 (12.50%) VLAN
10 11 (10.58%) SNMP
11 10 (9.62%) FTP
12 9 (8.65%) SSH
13 8 (7.69%) NAS
13 8 (7.69%) SAN
13 8 (7.69%) SD-WAN
13 8 (7.69%) Wireshark
14 7 (6.73%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.85%) Apache Cassandra
2 4 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.85%) MySQL
2 4 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.92%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.92%) Redis
3 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.96%) CouchDB
4 1 (0.96%) Power BI
4 1 (0.96%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (21.15%) Jenkins
2 15 (14.42%) Git
3 10 (9.62%) JIRA
4 5 (4.81%) TeamCity
5 4 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.92%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.96%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.96%) Darcs
7 1 (0.96%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.96%) GitLab
7 1 (0.96%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.96%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.96%) Maven
7 1 (0.96%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.96%) Selenium
7 1 (0.96%) Travis CI
General
1 19 (18.27%) Finance
2 15 (14.42%) Telecoms
3 14 (13.46%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Banking
7 5 (4.81%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.85%) Electronics
8 4 (3.85%) Mandarin Language
8 4 (3.85%) Marketing
9 3 (2.88%) Legal
10 2 (1.92%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (1.92%) Front Office
10 2 (1.92%) German Language
10 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.96%) Aviation
11 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.96%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.96%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 14 (13.46%) Support Engineer
3 12 (11.54%) Linux Engineer
4 11 (10.58%) Linux Server Engineer
4 11 (10.58%) Server Engineer
5 7 (6.73%) IT Support
5 7 (6.73%) Senior
6 6 (5.77%) Architect
6 6 (5.77%) Developer
6 6 (5.77%) Security Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Consultant
7 5 (4.81%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) Analyst
8 4 (3.85%) Design Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) IT Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) Python Developer
8 4 (3.85%) RAN Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) Security Architect
8 4 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.58%) LDAP
2 8 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (3.85%) .NET
3 4 (3.85%) JSON
3 4 (3.85%) SAML
4 3 (2.88%) OAuth
4 3 (2.88%) OpenID
5 2 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.92%) NETCONF
5 2 (1.92%) RESTful
5 2 (1.92%) SPML
5 2 (1.92%) Web Services
6 1 (0.96%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.96%) CSS
6 1 (0.96%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.96%) libvirt
6 1 (0.96%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.96%) React
6 1 (0.96%) REST
6 1 (0.96%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.31%) Data Centre
2 13 (12.50%) Clustering
3 6 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.81%) PKI
4 5 (4.81%) Replication
5 4 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.88%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.92%) CCTV
7 2 (1.92%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.92%) iPad
7 2 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.96%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.96%) IoT
8 1 (0.96%) Machine to Machine
8 1 (0.96%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (26.92%) Windows
2 26 (25.00%) Linux
3 14 (13.46%) Windows Server
4 8 (7.69%) Unix
5 5 (4.81%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (4.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (4.81%) Solaris
5 5 (4.81%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.85%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.92%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.96%) Android
8 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (19.23%) CI/CD
2 17 (16.35%) Agile
2 17 (16.35%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (14.42%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (13.46%) DevOps
6 13 (12.50%) High Availability
6 13 (12.50%) Load Balancing
7 11 (10.58%) Computer Science
8 10 (9.62%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (8.65%) Infrastructure Automation
9 9 (8.65%) SIEM
9 9 (8.65%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 8 (7.69%) Information Security
10 8 (7.69%) Migration
10 8 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
11 7 (6.73%) Data Security
11 7 (6.73%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 27 (25.96%) Python
2 17 (16.35%) PowerShell
3 10 (9.62%) Java
4 8 (7.69%) Bash
5 6 (5.77%) Go
6 4 (3.85%) C#
6 4 (3.85%) Perl
7 3 (2.88%) C++
7 3 (2.88%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.88%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.92%) C
8 2 (1.92%) PHP
8 2 (1.92%) SQL
9 1 (0.96%) Ruby
9 1 (0.96%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (17.31%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 15 (14.42%) CCNP
3 15 (14.42%) Degree
4 11 (10.58%) DV Cleared
5 10 (9.62%) CCNA
6 6 (5.77%) CCDP
6 6 (5.77%) CISSP
7 5 (4.81%) GIAC
8 4 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.85%) GCIA
8 4 (3.85%) GCIH
8 4 (3.85%) SANS
9 3 (2.88%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.88%) CISA
9 3 (2.88%) CISM
9 3 (2.88%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.92%) CEH
10 2 (1.92%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (1.92%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) GDPR
2 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.88%) NIST
4 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.96%) COPPA
5 1 (0.96%) ISA99
5 1 (0.96%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.96%) NCSC
5 1 (0.96%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.96%) QA
System Software
1 26 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (13.46%) Docker
3 13 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.85%) NFS
4 4 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.88%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.88%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.92%) iptables
6 2 (1.92%) Samba
6 2 (1.92%) Squid
6 2 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.92%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.92%) vSphere
6 2 (1.92%) XenApp
7 1 (0.96%) Ceph
7 1 (0.96%) Firmware
7 1 (0.96%) KVM
7 1 (0.96%) Lustre
7 1 (0.96%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (19.23%) Terraform
2 17 (16.35%) Ansible
3 16 (15.38%) Puppet
4 14 (13.46%) Kubernetes
5 13 (12.50%) Progress Chef
6 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (6.73%) Kibana
8 5 (4.81%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (4.81%) Netcool
8 5 (4.81%) Tivoli
8 5 (4.81%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (3.85%) logstash
9 4 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (2.88%) CSIRT
10 3 (2.88%) FortiGate
10 3 (2.88%) HAProxy
10 3 (2.88%) QRadar
11 2 (1.92%) Nmap
11 2 (1.92%) SCCM
11 2 (1.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (31.73%) Cisco
2 18 (17.31%) Microsoft
3 14 (13.46%) Palo Alto
3 14 (13.46%) VMware
4 12 (11.54%) Splunk
5 8 (7.69%) Oracle
6 7 (6.73%) Arista
6 7 (6.73%) Aruba
6 7 (6.73%) Zscaler
7 6 (5.77%) Dell
7 6 (5.77%) HP
7 6 (5.77%) IBM
7 6 (5.77%) Meraki
7 6 (5.77%) Nokia
7 6 (5.77%) ServiceNow
8 5 (4.81%) CyberArk
8 5 (4.81%) EMC
8 5 (4.81%) Isilon
8 5 (4.81%) Qualys
8 5 (4.81%) Serena