The first table below looks at the demand for IPv6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IPv6 over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank 716 808 779
Rank change year-on-year
+92 -29
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 125 58 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.124% 0.051% 0.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.633% 0.290% 0.377%
Number of salaries quoted 96 51 64
Average salary £42,500 £43,500 £51,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.29% -15.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £73,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19732 19973 18837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.51% 17.62% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16042 16804 15735
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
IPv6
UK

IPv6
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IPv6 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England IPv6 Jobs Demand Trend

IPv6
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IPv6 across the England region.

England IPv6 Salary Trend

IPv6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IPv6 across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England IPv6 Salary Histogram

IPv6
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPv6 within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +44 56 £38,500 -14.44%
London +82 50 £42,500 -5.55%
East of England +14 13 £70,000 +64.70%
North West -2 3 £50,000 +19.04%
South West -6 3 £50,000 +21.21%
East Midlands - 2 £77,500 -
IPv6
UK

IPv6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing IPv6 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited IPv6.

1 171 (64.29%) Cisco
2 138 (51.88%) OSPF
3 135 (50.75%) IPv4
4 130 (48.87%) MPLS
5 126 (47.37%) BGP
6 114 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
7 104 (39.10%) Telecoms
8 83 (31.20%) CCIE
9 82 (30.83%) TCP/IP
9 82 (30.83%) Juniper
10 79 (29.70%) VLAN
11 77 (28.95%) CCNP
12 68 (25.56%) VPN
13 65 (24.44%) CCIP
14 63 (23.68%) Internet
14 63 (23.68%) Firewall
15 62 (23.31%) Linux
16 61 (22.93%) Ethernet
17 57 (21.43%) Network Design
18 54 (20.30%) WAN
19 52 (19.55%) Network Architecture
20 50 (18.80%) HSRP
21 48 (18.05%) DNS
22 43 (16.17%) LAN
23 42 (15.79%) NFS
24 41 (15.41%) UNIX
24 41 (15.41%) Network Security
25 39 (14.66%) Windows
25 39 (14.66%) Perl
26 38 (14.29%) IPsec

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing IPv6 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited IPv6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (3.008%) SOAP
2 6 (2.256%) REST
3 5 (1.880%) CSS
4 4 (1.504%) STL
4 4 (1.504%) XML
4 4 (1.504%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (1.128%) Silverlight
5 3 (1.128%) Web Services
5 3 (1.128%) .NET
5 3 (1.128%) CGI
6 2 (0.752%) Middleware
6 2 (0.752%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.752%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.376%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.376%) KnockoutJS
7 1 (0.376%) WCF
7 1 (0.376%) WF
7 1 (0.376%) jQuery
7 1 (0.376%) LINQ
7 1 (0.376%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 25 (9.398%) MS Exchange
2 22 (8.271%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (7.895%) Apache
4 6 (2.256%) Lync
5 5 (1.880%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.504%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.752%) IIS
7 2 (0.752%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.752%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.376%) Windows Azure
8 1 (0.376%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.008%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.128%) MS Office
3 2 (0.752%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.376%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 138 (51.88%) OSPF
2 135 (50.75%) IPv4
3 130 (48.87%) MPLS
4 126 (47.37%) BGP
5 82 (30.83%) TCP/IP
6 79 (29.70%) VLAN
7 68 (25.56%) VPN
8 63 (23.68%) Internet
8 63 (23.68%) Firewall
9 61 (22.93%) Ethernet
10 54 (20.30%) WAN
11 50 (18.80%) HSRP
12 48 (18.05%) DNS
13 43 (16.17%) LAN
14 41 (15.41%) Network Security
15 38 (14.29%) IPsec
16 36 (13.53%) VPLS
17 35 (13.16%) Broadband
18 32 (12.03%) VoIP
18 32 (12.03%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.767%) MySQL
2 16 (6.015%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (1.504%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.128%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.376%) SQL CLR
5 1 (0.376%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.376%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.376%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.376%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.376%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.376%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.376%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.376%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.504%) GCC
1 4 (1.504%) GDB
2 3 (1.128%) Subversion
3 2 (0.752%) Git (software)
3 2 (0.752%) GNU Toolchain
4 1 (0.376%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.376%) Visual Studio
General
1 104 (39.10%) Telecoms
2 10 (3.759%) Finance
3 5 (1.880%) Electronics
3 5 (1.880%) Advertising
4 4 (1.504%) Banking
5 2 (0.752%) Multimedia
5 2 (0.752%) Billing
5 2 (0.752%) Law
6 1 (0.376%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.376%) Retail
Job Titles
1 80 (30.08%) Network Engineer
2 50 (18.80%) IP Engineer
3 41 (15.41%) Consultant
4 37 (13.91%) IP Network Engineer
5 27 (10.15%) Administrator
6 25 (9.398%) Systems Administrator
7 22 (8.271%) QA Engineer
8 18 (6.767%) Team Leader
8 18 (6.767%) Network Team Leader
9 13 (4.887%) Network Consultant
9 13 (4.887%) Principal Consultant
10 12 (4.511%) Senior QA Engineer
10 12 (4.511%) Development Engineer
11 11 (4.135%) Test Engineer
12 10 (3.759%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (3.759%) Software Engineer
13 9 (3.383%) Network Design Engineer
13 9 (3.383%) Data Consultant
13 9 (3.383%) Architect
13 9 (3.383%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.015%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 16 (6.015%) Computer Science
2 15 (5.639%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (4.887%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (3.008%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.632%) Clustering
6 5 (1.880%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.880%) Video on Demand
6 5 (1.880%) Open Source
6 5 (1.880%) Device Driver
7 4 (1.504%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.128%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.128%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.128%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.128%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.752%) Cryptography
9 2 (0.752%) Firmware
9 2 (0.752%) SecurID
9 2 (0.752%) PKI
9 2 (0.752%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 62 (23.31%) Linux
2 41 (15.41%) UNIX
3 39 (14.66%) Windows
4 11 (4.135%) Debian
5 9 (3.383%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (3.383%) OpenBSD
6 6 (2.256%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.880%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (1.880%) VxWorks
8 4 (1.504%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.504%) CentOS
9 3 (1.128%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.128%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.752%) MVS
10 2 (0.752%) Solaris
11 1 (0.376%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.376%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.376%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.43%) Network Design
2 52 (19.55%) Network Architecture
3 22 (8.271%) Agile Software Development
4 20 (7.519%) Network Management
5 16 (6.015%) Data Protection
6 15 (5.639%) System Testing
6 15 (5.639%) Project Management
6 15 (5.639%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (5.263%) Test Scripting
7 14 (5.263%) Network Planning
8 11 (4.135%) Software Engineering
9 10 (3.759%) Business Continuity
9 10 (3.759%) ITIL
9 10 (3.759%) Load Balancing
10 9 (3.383%) Product Management
10 9 (3.383%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (3.008%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (3.008%) Performance Testing
12 6 (2.256%) Migration
12 6 (2.256%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.66%) Perl
2 30 (11.28%) PHP
3 28 (10.53%) Bash shell
4 20 (7.519%) Python
5 16 (6.015%) C
6 14 (5.263%) C++
7 13 (4.887%) SQL
8 5 (1.880%) Ruby
8 5 (1.880%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.504%) Tcl
10 3 (1.128%) Java
10 3 (1.128%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.752%) AWK
11 2 (0.752%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.752%) C#
11 2 (0.752%) sed
12 1 (0.376%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.376%) VBScript
12 1 (0.376%) VB
Qualifications
1 114 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (31.20%) CCIE
3 77 (28.95%) CCNP
4 65 (24.44%) CCIP
5 38 (14.29%) Degree
6 26 (9.774%) CCNA
7 12 (4.511%) CCDP
8 11 (4.135%) SC Cleared
8 11 (4.135%) Security Cleared
9 8 (3.008%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.504%) CISA
10 4 (1.504%) CISSP
11 3 (1.128%) MCSE
11 3 (1.128%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.752%) GIAC
12 2 (0.752%) CISM
12 2 (0.752%) ISEB
12 2 (0.752%) Check Point Certification
12 2 (0.752%) MCP
12 2 (0.752%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.647%) PCI DSS
1 23 (8.647%) QA
2 5 (1.880%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.880%) SLA
3 3 (1.128%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.752%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.376%) Data Quality
System Software
1 42 (15.79%) NFS
2 25 (9.398%) Active Directory
3 18 (6.767%) Sendmail
4 16 (6.015%) Postfix
5 9 (3.383%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (1.880%) XenServer
6 5 (1.880%) Xen
7 4 (1.504%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.128%) FreeRADIUS
8 3 (1.128%) Squid
8 3 (1.128%) ProxySG
8 3 (1.128%) Samba
9 2 (0.752%) Snort
9 2 (0.752%) vSphere
10 1 (0.376%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.376%) Nmap
10 1 (0.376%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 19 (7.143%) Nagios
2 17 (6.391%) Legato
3 11 (4.135%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (2.256%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.880%) Cisco UCCE
6 3 (1.128%) Cacti
7 2 (0.752%) CiscoWorks
7 2 (0.752%) MOM
7 2 (0.752%) SCCM
7 2 (0.752%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.752%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.752%) Cisco UCCX
8 1 (0.376%) Puppet
8 1 (0.376%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.376%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.376%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 171 (64.29%) Cisco
2 82 (30.83%) Juniper
3 25 (9.398%) HP
4 20 (7.519%) Microsoft
5 19 (7.143%) Red Hat
6 18 (6.767%) CheckPoint
7 17 (6.391%) Veritas
8 16 (6.015%) VMware
9 14 (5.263%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 14 (5.263%) Huawei
10 10 (3.759%) Citrix
10 10 (3.759%) Riverbed
11 7 (2.632%) Brocade
11 7 (2.632%) Dell
12 6 (2.256%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.880%) Verint
13 5 (1.880%) F5
13 5 (1.880%) Oracle
14 4 (1.504%) Hitachi
15 3 (1.128%) Twitter
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