IPv4 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring IPv4 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IPv4 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 339 445
Rank change year-on-year +38 +106 +147
Contract jobs citing IPv4 3 6 32
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.039% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.29% 0.37% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 14
10th Percentile - £350 £353
25th Percentile £463 £394 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £444
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +9.86% -26.04%
75th Percentile £488 £606 £625
90th Percentile - £938 £629
UK median daily rate £465 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -19.22% +21.05% -11.87%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

IPv4 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 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

IPv4
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing IPv4 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IPv4 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IPv4
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IPv4.

IPv4 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IPv4
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) EIGRP
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) 802.11
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DOCSIS
2 1 (33.33%) DSL
2 1 (33.33%) GPON
2 1 (33.33%) IPv6
2 1 (33.33%) PPP
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IP Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Operations Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Transmission Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
1 1 (33.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Digital TV
1 1 (33.33%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Network Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) BMC
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Huawei
1 2 (66.67%) Remedy
23 IPv4 jobs Nationwide