Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IPv6 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IPv6 over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 719 863 878
Rank change year-on-year +144 +15 +186
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 8 45 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.042% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.077% 0.33% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7 37 28
10th Percentile £26,000 £41,650 £39,506
25th Percentile £28,625 £46,250 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £47,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -11.63% -28.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £69,375
90th Percentile - £79,250 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

IPv6 falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,404 13,710 15,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.46% 12.68% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4,655 9,403 7,646
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £25,267 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,533 £44,886 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.52% -0.25% -5.26%

IPv6
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IPv6 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IPv6 in the UK

IPv6
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IPv6.

Salary trend for IPv6 in the UK

IPv6
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPv6 over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for IPv6 in the UK

IPv6
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPv6 within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +136 7 £50,500 +6.32% 30
UK excluding London +176 6 £42,500 -10.53% 28
South East +91 3 £52,500 -34.38% 11
North of England +59 3 £26,000 -38.10%
North West +1 2 £26,000 -28.77%
Work from Home +94 1 - - 20
London +86 1 £50,500 +1.00% 7
Yorkshire +51 1 £32,500 -31.58%

IPv6
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) IPv4
2 5 (62.50%) DNS
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) VPN
3 4 (50.00%) DHCP
3 4 (50.00%) MPLS
4 3 (37.50%) Broadband
4 3 (37.50%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (37.50%) GPON
4 3 (37.50%) VXLAN
4 3 (37.50%) Wireless
5 1 (12.50%) BGP
5 1 (12.50%) IPsec
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
5 1 (12.50%) OSPF
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Security Patching
2 2 (25.00%) B2B
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) JNCIS
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) CISA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISMP
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Juniper
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Datto
3 2 (25.00%) Draytek
3 2 (25.00%) NETGEAR
3 2 (25.00%) Ubiquiti
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
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