IP Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IP Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IP Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 357 403
Rank change year-on-year -21 +46 +107
Contract jobs requiring an IP Engineer 5 6 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.030% 0.036% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.039% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £456 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £363
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -3.45% -9.20%
75th Percentile - - £369
90th Percentile - - £448
UK median daily rate £325 £350 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -30.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24.60
25th Percentile - - £24.75
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £29.63
90th Percentile - - £32.10
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,102 15,328 19,458
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.68% 92.14% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,355 8,776 12,899
10th Percentile £208 £218 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,458 1,064 1,261
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.29 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +89.36%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.69 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.28 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.54% -17.16% +57.89%

IP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IP Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IP Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IP Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IP Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IP Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IP Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IP Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IP Engineer in the UK excluding London

IP Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IP Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IP Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IP Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
South East +4 3 £375 +7.14%
North of England - 2 £550 -
North West - 2 £550 -
IP Engineer
UK

IP Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, IP Engineer contract job roles required 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 UK excluding London region featuring IP Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) BGP
1 3 (60.00%) MPLS
1 3 (60.00%) OSPF
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) Ansible
2 2 (40.00%) Cadence
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Code Coverage
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Network Optimisation
2 2 (40.00%) Nokia
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) CCDP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification

IP Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) BGP
1 3 (60.00%) MPLS
1 3 (60.00%) OSPF
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Code Coverage
1 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Network Optimisation
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCDP
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cadence
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Nokia
1 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto