The first table below looks at the demand for IPv6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank 240 238 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 3 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.042% 0.127% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.262% 0.868% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 0
Average salary £50,000 £42,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
IPv6
England

IPv6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West IPv6 Salary Trend

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 North West 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
Manchester -23 3 £50,000 +19.04%
IPv6
England

IPv6
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) CCNP
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) CCDP
3 6 (66.67%) VPN
3 6 (66.67%) Network Security
3 6 (66.67%) Internet
3 6 (66.67%) Broadband
3 6 (66.67%) WAN
4 5 (55.56%) VoIP
5 4 (44.44%) CCIP
6 3 (33.33%) MPLS
6 3 (33.33%) OSPF
6 3 (33.33%) BGP
6 3 (33.33%) Ethernet
6 3 (33.33%) RIP
6 3 (33.33%) Redback
6 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
6 3 (33.33%) Migration
7 2 (22.22%) PBX
7 2 (22.22%) CCNA
7 2 (22.22%) DSL

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) VPN
2 6 (66.67%) Network Security
2 6 (66.67%) Internet
2 6 (66.67%) Broadband
2 6 (66.67%) WAN
3 5 (55.56%) VoIP
4 3 (33.33%) MPLS
4 3 (33.33%) OSPF
4 3 (33.33%) BGP
4 3 (33.33%) Ethernet
4 3 (33.33%) RIP
5 2 (22.22%) PBX
5 2 (22.22%) DSL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Network Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) IP Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior IP Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Network Support
3 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CCNP
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (77.78%) CCDP
3 4 (44.44%) CCIP
4 2 (22.22%) CCNA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Redback