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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 520 592
Rank change year-on-year -103 +72 -
Contract jobs citing Iperf 3 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.014% 0.011%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.047% 0.084% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £665 £360 -
25th Percentile £669 £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £744 £760 -
90th Percentile £755 £767 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £750 -
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

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 6,376 4,751 5,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.77% 16.10% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,393 3,161 3,811
10th Percentile £315 £313 £262
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.60% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 53 145
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.80 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.50 £22.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +115.69% -21.54% -37.66%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £82.11 £73.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +127.46% -39.55% -10.86%

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 14 March 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 -92 3 £700 -6.67%
South East -50 2 £700 -7.93%
UK excluding London -79 2 £700 -6.67%
Work from Home - 2 £700 -
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 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) Multicast
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireshark
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) SDH
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Aviation
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Data Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Data Network Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Network Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Network Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (66.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
1 2 (66.67%) Tufin