IPv4 Contract Job Trends in London

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London citing IPv4 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	459	368	-
Rank change year-on-year	-91	-	-
Contract jobs citing IPv4	11	2	0
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.054%	0.015%	-
As % of the Communications & Networking category	0.65%	0.16%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	6	0	0
10^th Percentile	£467	-	-
25^th Percentile	£513	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£539	-	-
75^th Percentile	£575	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median daily rate	£450	£575	£505
% change year-on-year	-21.74%	+13.86%	-12.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£51.23	-	-
25^th Percentile	£54.56	-	-
Median hourly rate	£60.75	-	-
75^th Percentile	£67.56	-	-
90^th Percentile	£71.28	-	-
England median hourly rate	£73.00	-	£50.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in London.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	1,697	1,262	1,491
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	8.33%	9.24%	9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,054	805	923
10^th Percentile	£297	£283	£256
25^th Percentile	£404	£404	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£504	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+0.70%	-4.76%	-2.01%
75^th Percentile	£625	£625	£630
90^th Percentile	£725	£711	£713
England median daily rate	£500	£488	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	-2.50%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	72	41	16
10^th Percentile	£19.50	£18.82	£24.40
25^th Percentile	£28.25	-	£30.94
Median hourly rate	£52.50	£25.15	£41.00
Median % change year-on-year	+108.75%	-38.66%	+43.23%
75^th Percentile	£104.06	£42.75	£65.00
90^th Percentile	£155.00	£62.25	£77.54
England median hourly rate	£45.00	£34.00	£55.00
% change year-on-year	+32.35%	-38.18%	-2.64%

IPv4 Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IPv4 Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IPv4.

IPv4 Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IPv4.

IPv4 Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing IPv4 in London over the 6 months to 30 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IPv4 in London

IPv4 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 IPv4 within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South London	-	1	-	-
IPv4 England

IPv4 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing IPv4 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing IPv4.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	IPv6	63.6%	7
2	AWS	45.5%	5
2	Azure	45.5%	5
2	Terraform	45.5%	5
5	Agile	36.4%	4
5	Ansible	36.4%	4
5	BGP	36.4%	4
5	Cisco	36.4%	4
5	Confluence	36.4%	4
5	JIRA	36.4%	4
5	Python	36.4%	4
5	SQL	36.4%	4
5	Stakeholder Management	36.4%	4
5	VPN	36.4%	4
15	API Management	27.3%	3
15	Arista	27.3%	3
15	Azure AKS	27.3%	3
15	Azure Cosmos DB	27.3%	3
15	CCNP	27.3%	3
15	Cisco Certification	27.3%	3
15	Containerisation	27.3%	3
15	Degree	27.3%	3
15	Entra ID	27.3%	3
15	IaaS	27.3%	3
15	Microsoft Excel	27.3%	3
15	Microsoft Project	27.3%	3
15	Monetization	27.3%	3
15	MPLS	27.3%	3
15	Network Monitoring	27.3%	3
15	OSPF	27.3%	3

IPv4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	IPv6	63.6%	7
2	BGP	36.4%	4
2	VPN	36.4%	4
4	MPLS	27.3%	3
4	OSPF	27.3%	3
6	Broadband	18.2%	2
6	Cisco IOS	18.2%	2
6	DHCP	18.2%	2
6	DNS	18.2%	2
6	Firewall	18.2%	2
6	IOS XR	18.2%	2
6	Multicast	18.2%	2
6	Network Security	18.2%	2
6	SD-WAN	18.2%	2
6	TCP/IP	18.2%	2
6	WAN	18.2%	2
17	Cisco Nexus	9.1%	1
17	DMZ	9.1%	1
17	DNSSEC	9.1%	1
17	DWDM	9.1%	1