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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank - 150 156
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 0 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.145% 0.086%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.952% 0.649%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
Average salary - - £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
412 525 462
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 13.09% 15.20% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 217 339 324
Average salary £41,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.57% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,000 £21,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,700 £77,500 £55,000
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland IPv6 Salary Trend

IPv6
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) IKE
1 5 (100.00%) SNMP
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) IPv4
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
1 5 (100.00%) BCP
1 5 (100.00%) BGP-4
1 5 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
1 5 (100.00%) IPsec
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) Network Design
1 5 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Network Management
1 5 (100.00%) Unified Communications

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) IKE
1 5 (100.00%) SNMP
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) IPv4
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
1 5 (100.00%) BGP-4
1 5 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
1 5 (100.00%) IPsec
1 5 (100.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) Data Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) BCP
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) Network Design
1 5 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Network Management