IPv6 Contract Job Trends in London

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring IPv6 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 368 398
Rank change year-on-year -7 +30 +154
Contract jobs citing IPv6 3 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.033% 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.24% 0.33% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £456 £341
25th Percentile £425 £458 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £494
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -3.80% -10.23%
75th Percentile £475 £488 £658
90th Percentile - - £773
England median daily rate £485 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -3.00% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - £36.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £37.50
75th Percentile £23.71 - £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -55.47% +33.33% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,276 1,497 1,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.91% 9.98% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 918 1,332
10th Percentile £311 £257 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £627 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 13 58
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.87 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.41 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +22.27% +14.50%
75th Percentile £27.25 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £76.91 £76.63
England median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -8.57% -38.04% +25.53%

IPv6
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IPv6 job vacancy trend in London

IPv6
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IPv6

IPv6
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing IPv6

IPv6
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 IPv6 within the London region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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 - 1 - - 1
IPv6
England

IPv6
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet VPN
1 2 (66.67%) Multicast
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VXLAN
2 1 (33.33%) IPv4
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Network Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Arista
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow