TCP/IP Contracts in Scotland

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 149 142
Rank change year-on-year +29 -7 -11
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 5 9 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.34% 0.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.18% 2.56% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 22
10th Percentile - £312 £378
25th Percentile £188 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £440 £400
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% +9.88% -4.76%
75th Percentile £438 £472 £514
90th Percentile - £475 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
75th Percentile - - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.38% +27.40% +39.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 229 351 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.80% 13.15% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 215 196
10th Percentile £181 £160 £219
25th Percentile £240 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £455 £463
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -1.62% +8.82%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £538
90th Percentile £634 £588 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 19
10th Percentile £12.88 - £20.80
25th Percentile £16.25 - £40.88
Median hourly rate £18.27 £10.63 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.87% -77.62% -5.00%
75th Percentile £52.69 £38.18 £55.88
90th Percentile £60.75 £59.18 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +10.00%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Scotland

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Scotland

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Scotland

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Scotland

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Glasgow +17 3 £200 -54.49% 3
Edinburgh +25 2 £438 -8.56% 5
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) FabricPath
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) NX-OS
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Installations Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Kanban
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (40.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk