Hybrid/Remote IPFIX Contract Job Trends

IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
UK > Work from Home

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IPFIX 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
UK median daily rate £750 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

IPFIX falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,075 1,189 2,050
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.57% 10.76% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 686 715 1,343
10th Percentile £306 £313 £310
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +0.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £681
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 67
10th Percentile £19.23 £16.92 £15.91
25th Percentile £33.00 £36.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £64.00 £41.00 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year +56.09% -11.62% -28.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.01 £66.88
90th Percentile £69.79 £74.25 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £36.75 £32.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +13.08% -42.47% +125.96%

IPFIX
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IPFIX and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IPFIX job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

IPFIX
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
1 2 (100.00%) VCAP
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware