The first table below looks at the demand for IPv6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IPv6 over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 9 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.419% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.157% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
Average salary £52,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +11.84%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
778 579 368
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 36.25% 25.45% 19.75%
Number of salaries quoted 621 464 302
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
IPv6
Berkshire

IPv6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading IPv6 Salary Trend

IPv6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IPv6 across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading IPv6 Salary Histogram

IPv6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 26 (86.67%) CCIE
1 26 (86.67%) CCIP
1 26 (86.67%) Cisco Certification
1 26 (86.67%) MPLS
2 25 (83.33%) Cisco
2 25 (83.33%) IPv4
3 21 (70.00%) CCNP
4 20 (66.67%) Network Architecture
5 16 (53.33%) OSPF
5 16 (53.33%) BGP
6 14 (46.67%) Telecoms
7 11 (36.67%) Network Design
8 6 (20.00%) Network Security
9 4 (13.33%) Firewall
9 4 (13.33%) IPsec
9 4 (13.33%) Debian
9 4 (13.33%) Perl
9 4 (13.33%) Linux
9 4 (13.33%) Apache
9 4 (13.33%) DNS
9 4 (13.33%) HSRP
10 3 (10.00%) FortiGate
10 3 (10.00%) Open Source
10 3 (10.00%) Network Management
10 3 (10.00%) FreeRADIUS
10 3 (10.00%) Lync
10 3 (10.00%) Unified Communications
10 3 (10.00%) CGI
10 3 (10.00%) SSL
10 3 (10.00%) ITIL

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 3 (10.00%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) Apache
2 3 (10.00%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 26 (86.67%) MPLS
2 25 (83.33%) IPv4
3 16 (53.33%) OSPF
3 16 (53.33%) BGP
4 6 (20.00%) Network Security
5 4 (13.33%) Firewall
5 4 (13.33%) IPsec
5 4 (13.33%) DNS
5 4 (13.33%) HSRP
6 3 (10.00%) Unified Communications
6 3 (10.00%) SSL
6 3 (10.00%) Broadband
6 3 (10.00%) VoIP
6 3 (10.00%) DHCP
6 3 (10.00%) Ethernet
6 3 (10.00%) SNMP
6 3 (10.00%) DSL
6 3 (10.00%) L2TP
6 3 (10.00%) TACACS
6 3 (10.00%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Subversion
General
1 14 (46.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Network Engineer
1 11 (36.67%) IP Network Engineer
1 11 (36.67%) IP Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Network Team Leader
2 8 (26.67%) Team Leader
3 5 (16.67%) Principal Consultant
3 5 (16.67%) Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Technical Design Authority
5 2 (6.667%) Development Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Network Design Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Debian
1 4 (13.33%) Linux
2 1 (3.333%) CentOS
2 1 (3.333%) Ubuntu
2 1 (3.333%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (66.67%) Network Architecture
2 11 (36.67%) Network Design
3 3 (10.00%) Network Management
3 3 (10.00%) ITIL
3 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (10.00%) Supplier Management
3 3 (10.00%) Network Planning
4 1 (3.333%) Project Management
4 1 (3.333%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) Perl
2 3 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (3.333%) PHP
3 1 (3.333%) Python
3 1 (3.333%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 26 (86.67%) CCIE
1 26 (86.67%) CCIP
1 26 (86.67%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (70.00%) CCNP
3 2 (6.667%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) ISO 9001
1 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (83.33%) Cisco
2 3 (10.00%) BT
2 3 (10.00%) ZyXEL
2 3 (10.00%) Draytek
2 3 (10.00%) Huawei
3 1 (3.333%) Dell
3 1 (3.333%) Juniper
3 1 (3.333%) Twitter
3 1 (3.333%) Foundry