IPv4 Contracts in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring IPv4 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IPv4 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 184 193
Rank change year-on-year +21 +9 +32
Contract jobs citing IPv4 3 1 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.091% 0.021% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 0.17% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 16
10th Percentile - - £269
25th Percentile - - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £344
Median % change year-on-year - - -42.75%
75th Percentile - - £422
90th Percentile - - £550
England median daily rate £475 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -13.64% +12.82% -9.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North 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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 552 599 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.75% 12.56% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 419 467
10th Percentile £181 £200 £200
25th Percentile £246 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £538 £612 £570
90th Percentile £638 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 48
10th Percentile £20.74 £13.53 -
25th Percentile £22.98 £17.72 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.76 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +133.96% -40.35%
75th Percentile £41.50 £45.88 £15.15
90th Percentile - £48.75 £34.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

IPv4
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing IPv4 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IPv4 in the North of England

IPv4
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IPv4 in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IPv4 in the North of England

IPv4
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IPv4 in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IPv4 in the North of England

IPv4
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West - 3 - - 1
IPv4
England

IPv4
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IP Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Transmission Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) BMC
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Huawei
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy