IPv4 Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring IPv4 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Contract jobs citing IPv4 17 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.71% - 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.00% - 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £350 - £82
25th Percentile £351 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 - £224
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.15%
75th Percentile £353 - £312
90th Percentile £354 - £365
England median daily rate £458 £650 £505
% change year-on-year -29.62% +28.71% -12.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £73.00 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £73.60 - -
England median hourly rate £73.00 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - +112.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

IPv4 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 340 208 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.11% 15.76% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 85 122
10th Percentile £313 £205 £213
25th Percentile £397 £363 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £416
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +32.13% -7.50%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £575
90th Percentile £653 £700 £588
England median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 63 55
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £16.30
25th Percentile £34.01 £18.53 £20.78
Median hourly rate £67.50 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.27 -
England median hourly rate £41.75 £35.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +19.29% -38.97% +1.52%

IPv4
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPv4 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

IPv4 job vacancy trend in the East of England

IPv4
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IPv4.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IPv4

IPv4
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IPv4.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing IPv4

IPv4
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPv4 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 October 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
Suffolk - 11 £352 - 11
Essex - 6 - -
IPv4
England

IPv4
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) Broadband
1 11 (64.71%) IPv6
1 11 (64.71%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (41.18%) 4G
2 7 (41.18%) 5G
2 7 (41.18%) xDSL
3 6 (35.29%) Network Security
3 6 (35.29%) PPP
3 6 (35.29%) UPnP
4 5 (29.41%) Wireless
5 4 (23.53%) LAN
5 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (11.76%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 11 (64.71%) Git
1 11 (64.71%) GitLab
1 11 (64.71%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Robot Framework
General
1 9 (52.94%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.88%) Legal
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
1 6 (35.29%) Network Systems Engineer
1 6 (35.29%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Broadband Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Integration Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Network Integration Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Test Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) QA Automation Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) QA Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) QA Test Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Wiki
2 3 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (17.65%) IoT
2 3 (17.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Linux
2 6 (35.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Test Automation
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Containerisation
2 7 (41.18%) Scrum
3 6 (35.29%) Network Architecture
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (29.41%) Issue Tracking
5 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) Test Scripting
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
6 3 (17.65%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (17.65%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Workflow
7 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.76%) QA Automation
8 1 (5.88%) Backlog Refinement
8 1 (5.88%) Software Delivery
8 1 (5.88%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) QA
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Docker
2 3 (17.65%) Firmware
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines