IPv6 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for IPv6 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IPv6 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 411 502
Rank change year-on-year +11 +91 -110
Contract jobs citing IPv6 3 46 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.19% 0.068%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.088% 1.29% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 27 11
10th Percentile - £231 £385
25th Percentile £553 £266 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +58.57% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £598 £431 £539
90th Percentile £622 £535 £540
UK median daily rate £525 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +31.25% -30.43% +41.98%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

IPv6 is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,406 3,579 4,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.48% 14.97% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,948 2,273 2,639
10th Percentile £203 £211 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 325 235
10th Percentile £13.48 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.44
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%

IPv6
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IPv6 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IPv6 in the UK excluding London

IPv6
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IPv6 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IPv6 in the UK excluding London

IPv6
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IPv6 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IPv6 in the UK excluding London

IPv6
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 IPv6 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Scotland - 2 £555 -
South East +9 1 £625 +56.25% 6
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IPv6
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Catchpoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) CATAPAN
3 1 (33.33%) IPv4
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) BCP
1 2 (66.67%) Compliance Management
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCDP
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) JNCIS
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) AppNeta
1 2 (66.67%) Arista
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 2 (66.67%) Tufin
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper