IPv4 Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 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 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IPv4 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.45% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - -
South East median daily rate £410 - £505
% change year-on-year - - -8.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 34 15 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 7.57% 10.34% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 6 17
10th Percentile £335 £378 £145
25th Percentile £475 £403 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +3.03% +19.57%
75th Percentile £588 £559 £488
90th Percentile £600 £600 £643
South East median daily rate £519 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +7.24% -3.25% +9.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £19.94 £76.59 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £84.97 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £89.63 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.43% - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £63.51
% change year-on-year -4.68% -13.40% +5.85%

IPv4
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

IPv4 job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

IPv4
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing IPv4

IPv4
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing IPv4

IPv4
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPv4 within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford - 1 £480 -
IPv4
South East

IPv4
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPv6
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Infoblox Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (50.00%) Extreme Networks