Iperf Contract Job Trends

Iperf
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Iperf skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 523 603
Rank change year-on-year -63 +80 +160
Contract jobs citing Iperf 5 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.013% 0.009%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.083% 0.084% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £360 -
25th Percentile £650 £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - -
75th Percentile £706 £760 -
90th Percentile £740 £767 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £750 -
% change year-on-year -11.67% - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Iperf falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 6,042 4,743 5,607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.48% 15.25% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,173 3,068 4,039
10th Percentile £313 £313 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £634
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 60 162
10th Percentile £17.90 £15.22 £14.08
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.05 £20.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% +8.66%
75th Percentile £63.32 £59.06 £60.94
90th Percentile £82.40 £70.44 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.25 £23.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +126.60% -49.11% +11.18%

Iperf
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Iperf job vacancy trend in the UK

Iperf
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Iperf.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Iperf

Iperf
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Iperf.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Iperf

Iperf
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Iperf within the UK over the 6 months to 7 February 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
England -71 5 £663 -11.67% 1
South East -23 4 £663 -12.86% 1
UK excluding London -72 4 £663 -11.67% 1
Work from Home - 4 £663 -
London - 1 - -

Iperf
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (80.00%) BGP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) MPLS
1 4 (80.00%) Multicast
1 4 (80.00%) OSPF
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (80.00%) VLAN
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
1 4 (80.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) SDH
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Aviation
4 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Tester
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
1 3 (60.00%) Validation Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Data Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Data Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Bash
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCIE
1 4 (80.00%) CCNP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) NCSC
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Ansible
1 4 (80.00%) Nmap
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
1 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (40.00%) Tufin