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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Rank 67 64 59
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -5
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 4 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.595% 0.450% 0.202%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.817% 1.200% 0.870%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 1
Average salary £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.23% +18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
142 250 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 21.13% 37.48% 23.19%
Number of salaries quoted 122 178 72
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough IPv6 Salary Trend

IPv6
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) IPv4
2 5 (62.50%) CCIE
2 5 (62.50%) CCNP
2 5 (62.50%) CCIP
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) MPLS
3 4 (50.00%) OSPF
3 4 (50.00%) BGP
3 4 (50.00%) Network Design
3 4 (50.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) C
4 3 (37.50%) UNIX
4 3 (37.50%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (37.50%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Internet
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Twitter

IPv6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 (62.50%) IPv4
1 5 (62.50%) MPLS
2 4 (50.00%) OSPF
2 4 (50.00%) BGP
3 3 (37.50%) Internet
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Network Team Leader
1 4 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 4 (50.00%) IP Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
1 3 (37.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Network Design
1 4 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCIE
1 5 (62.50%) CCNP
1 5 (62.50%) CCIP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter