The first table below looks at the demand for IPv4 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IPv4 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
Rank 767 849 806
Rank change year-on-year
+82 -43
Permanent jobs citing IPv4 93 38 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.086% 0.031% 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.442% 0.179% 0.340%
Number of salaries quoted 73 37 63
Average salary £45,000 £40,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,100 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £40,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+8.02% +15.71%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21033 21229 19145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.36% 17.52% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17006 17692 15862
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £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%

IPv4
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IPv4 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

IPv4 Jobs Demand Trend

IPv4
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IPv4 within the UK.

IPv4 Salary Trend

IPv4
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IPv4 over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

IPv4 Salary Histogram

IPv4
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPv4 within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +63 87 £45,000 +5.88%
London +58 40 £45,000 -34.54%
South East +18 32 £47,500 +5.55%
Berkshire +28 19 £52,500 +98.11%
City of London +11 11 £52,500 -30.00%
South West +5 10 £42,500 +13.33%
Reading - 10 £52,500 -
Bristol - 5 £42,500 -
Maidenhead +17 4 £44,500 +67.92%
Surbiton - 4 £40,000 -
Slough - 4 £52,500 -
Oxfordshire - 4 £29,000 -
Surrey +10 3 £45,000 -
Middlesex -3 2 £40,000 -
Scotland -6 2 £39,250 +0.48%
Glasgow -21 2 £39,250 -3.08%
Henley-on-Thames - 2 £24,500 -
Guildford - 2 - -
Gloucester - 2 - -
Gloucestershire - 2 - -
Durham - 2 £32,500 -
Yeovil - 2 £50,000 -
East Midlands - 2 £77,500 -
Kent - 2 £38,750 -
Somerset - 2 £50,000 -
North East - 2 £32,500 -
Wiltshire +8 1 £50,000 +33.33%
East of England +8 1 - -
Swindon +4 1 £50,000 +53.84%
Buckinghamshire -16 1 - -

IPv4
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IPv4 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 IPv4.

1 142 (75.13%) IPv6
2 125 (66.14%) Cisco
3 102 (53.97%) OSPF
4 98 (51.85%) Cisco Certification
5 89 (47.09%) MPLS
6 84 (44.44%) BGP
7 78 (41.27%) Firewall
8 70 (37.04%) CCNP
9 63 (33.33%) CCIE
10 62 (32.80%) Linux
11 58 (30.69%) CCIP
12 56 (29.63%) DNS
12 56 (29.63%) WAN
13 55 (29.10%) IPsec
14 51 (26.98%) LAN
14 51 (26.98%) VPN
15 50 (26.46%) Juniper
15 50 (26.46%) Telecoms
16 49 (25.93%) Network Architecture
17 48 (25.40%) Active Directory
18 45 (23.81%) Network Design
19 40 (21.16%) Perl
19 40 (21.16%) Windows
20 39 (20.63%) Wireless
21 38 (20.11%) EIGRP
21 38 (20.11%) MS Exchange
22 35 (18.52%) Internet
22 35 (18.52%) VLAN
22 35 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
23 34 (17.99%) DHCP

IPv4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IPv4 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 IPv4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (3.704%) STL
2 6 (3.175%) XML
2 6 (3.175%) WSH
3 4 (2.116%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 3 (1.587%) CGI
4 3 (1.587%) XML Schema
4 3 (1.587%) .NET
4 3 (1.587%) Web Services
5 2 (1.058%) CSS
5 2 (1.058%) ASP
5 2 (1.058%) HTML
5 2 (1.058%) Regular Expression
5 2 (1.058%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.529%) XMPP
6 1 (0.529%) Middleware
6 1 (0.529%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.529%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 38 (20.11%) MS Exchange
2 35 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 22 (11.64%) Apache
4 15 (7.937%) IIS
5 9 (4.762%) Lync
6 8 (4.233%) SharePoint
7 7 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (1.587%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (1.058%) CMS
9 2 (1.058%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (1.058%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (1.058%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (5.820%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.116%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.058%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.058%) MS Office
4 1 (0.529%) MS Project
4 1 (0.529%) Windchill
4 1 (0.529%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.058%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 142 (75.13%) IPv6
2 102 (53.97%) OSPF
3 89 (47.09%) MPLS
4 84 (44.44%) BGP
5 78 (41.27%) Firewall
6 56 (29.63%) DNS
6 56 (29.63%) WAN
7 55 (29.10%) IPsec
8 51 (26.98%) LAN
8 51 (26.98%) VPN
9 39 (20.63%) Wireless
10 38 (20.11%) EIGRP
11 35 (18.52%) Internet
11 35 (18.52%) VLAN
12 34 (17.99%) DHCP
13 26 (13.76%) Ethernet
14 25 (13.23%) SNMP
15 24 (12.70%) TCP/IP
15 24 (12.70%) SAN
15 24 (12.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.05%) MySQL
2 16 (8.466%) Crystal Reports
3 11 (5.820%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.116%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.529%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.529%) Big Data
5 1 (0.529%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.116%) GCC
1 4 (2.116%) GDB
2 3 (1.587%) Subversion
3 2 (1.058%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.529%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 50 (26.46%) Telecoms
2 9 (4.762%) Finance
3 7 (3.704%) Advertising
4 3 (1.587%) Billing
4 3 (1.587%) Electronics
5 2 (1.058%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.058%) Law
5 2 (1.058%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.058%) German Language
6 1 (0.529%) Retail
Job Titles
1 61 (32.28%) Network Engineer
2 37 (19.58%) Administrator
3 33 (17.46%) Systems Administrator
4 30 (15.87%) IP Network Engineer
4 30 (15.87%) IP Engineer
5 19 (10.05%) Network Team Leader
5 19 (10.05%) Team Leader
6 14 (7.407%) Consultant
7 11 (5.820%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.820%) Network Support
8 10 (5.291%) Data Consultant
9 8 (4.233%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.233%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.233%) Network Administrator
10 7 (3.704%) Network Support Engineer
10 7 (3.704%) Infrastructure Manager
10 7 (3.704%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 7 (3.704%) Linux Administrator
10 7 (3.704%) Architect
11 6 (3.175%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.937%) Data Protection Act
1 15 (7.937%) Clustering
2 11 (5.820%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (4.233%) Open Source
4 6 (3.175%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.646%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.116%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 3 (1.587%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.587%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.058%) Cryptography
8 2 (1.058%) CESG
8 2 (1.058%) Replication
8 2 (1.058%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.058%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.058%) iPad
8 2 (1.058%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.058%) iPhone
8 2 (1.058%) SecurID
8 2 (1.058%) PKI
8 2 (1.058%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 62 (32.80%) Linux
2 40 (21.16%) Windows
3 27 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (8.995%) Windows Server 2003
5 15 (7.937%) Windows XP
6 11 (5.820%) Windows 7
6 11 (5.820%) UNIX
7 9 (4.762%) Debian
7 9 (4.762%) OpenBSD
8 6 (3.175%) CentOS
9 5 (2.646%) Ubuntu
9 5 (2.646%) Windows Vista
10 3 (1.587%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.058%) MVS
12 1 (0.529%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.529%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.529%) Solaris
12 1 (0.529%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.529%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.93%) Network Architecture
2 45 (23.81%) Network Design
3 29 (15.34%) Network Management
4 22 (11.64%) Project Management
5 18 (9.524%) Data Protection
6 15 (7.937%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (7.937%) Business Continuity
7 14 (7.407%) ITIL
8 11 (5.820%) BCP
8 11 (5.820%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (5.291%) Load Balancing
10 8 (4.233%) E-Commerce
11 7 (3.704%) Multithreading
11 7 (3.704%) SIEM
12 6 (3.175%) PRINCE2
13 5 (2.646%) Service Management
14 4 (2.116%) Service Delivery
14 4 (2.116%) Software Engineering
14 4 (2.116%) TDD
14 4 (2.116%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 40 (21.16%) Perl
2 32 (16.93%) SQL
3 30 (15.87%) Bash shell
4 26 (13.76%) PHP
5 24 (12.70%) Python
6 13 (6.878%) PowerShell
7 10 (5.291%) C++
8 6 (3.175%) C
9 5 (2.646%) Ruby
10 4 (2.116%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.587%) Java
11 3 (1.587%) VBScript
12 2 (1.058%) AWK
12 2 (1.058%) VB
12 2 (1.058%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.058%) sed
13 1 (0.529%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 98 (51.85%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (37.04%) CCNP
3 63 (33.33%) CCIE
4 58 (30.69%) CCIP
5 33 (17.46%) CCNA
6 14 (7.407%) Degree
7 13 (6.878%) SC Cleared
7 13 (6.878%) Security Cleared
8 10 (5.291%) JNCIA
9 8 (4.233%) JNCIS
10 7 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.704%) MCSE
11 6 (3.175%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (2.646%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.646%) JNCIE
13 4 (2.116%) CISA
13 4 (2.116%) CISSP
14 2 (1.058%) GIAC
14 2 (1.058%) CISM
14 2 (1.058%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.17%) PCI DSS
2 5 (2.646%) SLA
3 3 (1.587%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.587%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.058%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (25.40%) Active Directory
2 26 (13.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 19 (10.05%) NFS
5 18 (9.524%) Sendmail
6 16 (8.466%) Postfix
7 11 (5.820%) Xen
8 5 (2.646%) Terminal Server
9 3 (1.587%) Squid
9 3 (1.587%) FreeRADIUS
9 3 (1.587%) ProxySG
9 3 (1.587%) Samba
10 2 (1.058%) Snort
10 2 (1.058%) VMware ESX
10 2 (1.058%) vSphere
11 1 (0.529%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.529%) XenServer
11 1 (0.529%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 18 (9.524%) Nagios
2 6 (3.175%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.116%) Cacti
3 4 (2.116%) SCCM
4 3 (1.587%) WSUS
5 2 (1.058%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.058%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.058%) CiscoWorks
5 2 (1.058%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (1.058%) MOM
5 2 (1.058%) Cisco UCCX
5 2 (1.058%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (1.058%) Splunk
5 2 (1.058%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.058%) YUM
5 2 (1.058%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (1.058%) SCOM
6 1 (0.529%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.529%) Puppet
Vendors
1 125 (66.14%) Cisco
2 50 (26.46%) Juniper
3 30 (15.87%) Microsoft
4 29 (15.34%) VMware
5 19 (10.05%) Red Hat
6 18 (9.524%) HP
7 13 (6.878%) CheckPoint
8 10 (5.291%) Citrix
9 9 (4.762%) Huawei
9 9 (4.762%) Dell
9 9 (4.762%) Oracle
10 8 (4.233%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 7 (3.704%) Riverbed
12 6 (3.175%) F5
12 6 (3.175%) Nokia Siemens Networks
12 6 (3.175%) Fortinet
13 5 (2.646%) ZTE
13 5 (2.646%) Nortel
13 5 (2.646%) Siemens
14 4 (2.116%) Polycom
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