IPv4 Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring IPv4 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 117 131
Rank change year-on-year - +14 +41
Contract jobs citing IPv4 0 7 14
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley - 0.33% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.79% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - - £488
25th Percentile - £493 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -8.18% +37.50%
75th Percentile - £518 £575
90th Percentile - - £594
South East median daily rate - £505 £550
% change year-on-year - -8.18% +35.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 298 390 583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.73% 18.52% 22.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 197 359
10th Percentile £219 £228 £180
25th Percentile £300 £400 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.82% -5.50%
75th Percentile £543 £608 £600
90th Percentile £610 £650 £668
South East median daily rate £486 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.75% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £26.05 £23.70
25th Percentile £45.50 £37.38 £24.13
Median hourly rate £77.00 £57.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.91% +91.67% +53.85%
75th Percentile £89.63 £58.75 £75.46
90th Percentile - - £81.71
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

IPv4
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

IPv4 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

IPv4
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing IPv4.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing IPv4

IPv4
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing IPv4.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing IPv4