Exhibit (j)(1)

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference into the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information in Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of our reports each dated February 17, 2011 for Variable Insurance Products Fund IV: Consumer Discretionary Portfolio, Consumer Staples Portfolio, Energy Portfolio, Financial Services Portfolio, Growth Stock Portfolio, Health Care Portfolio, Industrials Portfolio, International Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Materials Portfolio, Real Estate Portfolio, Technology Portfolio, Telecommunications Portfolio, and Utilities Portfolio; and of our report dated February 22, 2011 for Value Leaders Portfolio on the financial statements and financial highlights included in the December 31, 2010 Annual Reports to Shareholders of the above referenced funds which are also incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

We further consent to the references to our Firm under the headings "Financial Highlights" in the Prospectuses and "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in the Statements of Additional Information.

	/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts April 14, 2011