IPv4 Job Trends in England

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring IPv4 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 629 563
Rank change year-on-year +30 -66 +303
Permanent jobs citing IPv4 13 51 97
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.025% 0.10% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 0.77% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 57
10th Percentile £38,550 - £29,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,479 £47,745 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -29.27% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £63,500 £87,750 £82,000
UK median annual salary £49,479 £47,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -29.63% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

IPv4 falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,909 6,660 6,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.13% 13.38% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,517 3,534 5,350
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £28,286
25th Percentile £28,697 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

IPv4
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IPv4 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

IPv4 job vacancy trend in England

IPv4
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IPv4.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IPv4

IPv4
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPv4 in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for IPv4 in England

IPv4
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPv4 within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +25 4 £55,000 +4.76% 54
London +40 3 £27,500 -59.26% 19
East of England +24 2 £43,000 -4.44% 38
North of England -1 2 £62,500 +47.06% 50
Yorkshire -2 2 £62,500 - 23
Midlands +27 1 £49,479 -10.04% 45
South West +16 1 £45,000 -50.00% 27
East Midlands -7 1 £49,479 -10.04% 20
IPv4
UK

IPv4
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (7.69%) Dropbox
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
2 1 (7.69%) IaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Mimecast
2 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.69%) PaaS
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) IPv6
2 10 (76.92%) WAN
3 9 (69.23%) TCP/IP
4 7 (53.85%) Firewall
4 7 (53.85%) VPN
5 6 (46.15%) DHCP
5 6 (46.15%) LAN
6 5 (38.46%) Network Security
7 4 (30.77%) DNS
7 4 (30.77%) MPLS
7 4 (30.77%) VLAN
8 3 (23.08%) Broadband
8 3 (23.08%) DOCSIS
8 3 (23.08%) DSL
8 3 (23.08%) GPON
8 3 (23.08%) PPP
8 3 (23.08%) RTP
8 3 (23.08%) VoIP
8 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (23.08%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) CCTV
3 1 (7.69%) Clustering
3 1 (7.69%) FMCG
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) OpenWrt
3 2 (15.38%) Windows
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) SDLC
3 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) AI
4 3 (23.08%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (23.08%) Network Design
4 3 (23.08%) Open Source
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Software Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Use Case
4 3 (23.08%) User Stories
5 2 (15.38%) Capacity Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Network Management
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C
1 3 (23.08%) C++
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (38.46%) CCNP
3 4 (30.77%) CCNA
4 2 (15.38%) JNCIA
4 2 (15.38%) JNCIS
5 1 (7.69%) MCSA
5 1 (7.69%) MCSE
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
1 2 (15.38%) KVM
1 2 (15.38%) RHEV
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (15.38%) Xen
2 1 (7.69%) BitLocker
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Nagios
1 2 (15.38%) Proxmox
2 1 (7.69%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
2 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Juniper
2 3 (23.08%) Meraki
2 3 (23.08%) SolarWinds
3 2 (15.38%) F5
3 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
4 1 (7.69%) Apple
4 1 (7.69%) Aruba
4 1 (7.69%) ConnectWise
4 1 (7.69%) Google
4 1 (7.69%) Huawei
4 1 (7.69%) NetApp
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle
4 1 (7.69%) Proofpoint
4 1 (7.69%) Splunk
4 1 (7.69%) Webroot