Hybrid/Remote IP Engineer Contract Job Trends

IP Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IP Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 313 349
Rank change year-on-year +3 +36 +169
Contract jobs requiring an IP Engineer 3 3 16
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.030% 0.027% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.029% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £273 £322 -
25th Percentile £288 £327 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £344 £363
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -5.17% -19.44%
75th Percentile £363 £355 £499
90th Percentile £378 £356 £578
UK median daily rate £375 £350 £588
% change year-on-year +7.14% -40.43% +30.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.75 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £56.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £28.75
% change year-on-year - - +19.79%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,458 10,229 15,103
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 93.08% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,132 6,496 10,247
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £718 £750 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 172 381
10th Percentile £15.48 £19.59 £15.42
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.01 £24.50
Median hourly rate £47.25 £36.35 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -28.74% -11.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.20 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.08% -23.53% +21.43%

IP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IP Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IP Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

IP Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IP Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IP Engineer job vacancies

IP Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IP Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IP Engineer job vacancies

IP Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring IP Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Cadence
2 1 (33.33%) CCDP
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) IPsec
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Perl
2 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Siemens
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Synopsys
2 1 (33.33%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (33.33%) UVM

IP Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) IPsec
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) VXLAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) UVM
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Perl
2 1 (33.33%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCDP
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cadence
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens
1 1 (33.33%) Synopsys