IPv6 Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring IPv6 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 94 114
Rank change year-on-year -27 +20 +3
Contract jobs citing IPv6 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.21% 0.33% 0.057%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.41% 2.03% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £318 - -
25th Percentile £326 - £629
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 £500 £658
Median % change year-on-year -32.20% -23.95% +19.55%
75th Percentile £420 - £686
90th Percentile £468 - -
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £581
% change year-on-year -4.00% -13.98% -10.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

IPv6 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 284 197 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 14.72% 16.47% 18.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 121 125
10th Percentile £325 £293 £264
25th Percentile £390 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £542 £538 £608
90th Percentile £618 £600 £633
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 2 15
10th Percentile £16.31 £58.25 £56.25
25th Percentile £19.34 £63.13 £71.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £72.50 £83.77
Median % change year-on-year -55.17% -13.45% +14.48%
75th Percentile £54.00 £83.13 £87.46
90th Percentile £69.44 £88.75 -
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £54.94 £57.35
% change year-on-year -11.32% -4.21% -0.26%

IPv6
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPv6 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

IPv6 job vacancy trend in Berkshire

IPv6
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IPv6.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IPv6

IPv6
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPv6 in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IPv6 in Berkshire

IPv6
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IPv6.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IPv6

IPv6
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPv6 within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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
Reading - 1 £500 -
IPv6
South East

IPv6
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) IPv4
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) DOCSIS
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) MPLS
2 2 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) 5G
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) IOS XR
3 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (25.00%) NX-OS
3 1 (25.00%) tcpdump
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Core Network Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Core Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (25.00%) OpenConfig
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE Service Provider
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) NetScout
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) VMware