The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IPv4 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IPv4 over the 6 months to 27 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
IPv4 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
9,591
5,299
9,840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
10.92%
12.48%
13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted
6,328
3,376
6,074
10th Percentile
£210
£200
£180
25th Percentile
£363
£323
£306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£438
£410
Median % change year-on-year
+14.29%
+6.71%
-3.53%
75th Percentile
£600
£538
£515
90th Percentile
£699
£613
£600
UK excluding London median daily rate
£425
£400
£400
% change year-on-year
+6.25%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
346
270
550
10th Percentile
£12.63
£13.10
£13.38
25th Percentile
£15.75
£16.30
£16.25
Median hourly rate
£22.00
£34.98
£21.38
Median % change year-on-year
-37.10%
+63.63%
+18.75%
75th Percentile
£47.45
£50.00
£46.40
90th Percentile
£63.25
£60.00
£52.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£20.26
£32.50
£20.00
% change year-on-year
-37.68%
+62.50%
+14.88%
IPv4 Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing IPv4 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IPv4 Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IPv4.
IPv4 Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IPv4 over the 6 months to 27 January 2022.
IPv4 Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IPv4.
IPv4 Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IPv4 over the 6 months to 27 January 2022.
IPv4 Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IPv4 within the UK over the 6 months to 27 January 2022. 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
For the 6 months to 27 January 2022, IT contractor jobs citing IPv4 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for IPv4.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
