IPv6 Job Trends in England

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring IPv6 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 599 644 628
Rank change year-on-year +45 -16 +306
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 13 36 32
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.025% 0.072% 0.071%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 0.54% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 27
10th Percentile £42,400 £45,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,556 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -9.43%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £63,500 £85,500 £100,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -9.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

IPv6 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%

IPv6
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IPv6 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

IPv6 job vacancy trend in England

IPv6
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IPv6.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IPv6

IPv6
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPv6 in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for IPv6 in England

IPv6
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPv6 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 +26 3 £55,000 +4.76% 52
East of England +21 3 £43,000 -38.57% 42
London +52 2 - - 18
North of England +6 2 £62,500 - 50
Yorkshire -2 2 £62,500 - 23
Midlands +23 1 £49,479 - 45
East Midlands - 1 £49,479 - 20
South West - 1 £45,000 - 26
IPv6
UK

IPv6
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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) IIS
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure App Service
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) IaaS
2 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.69%) PaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) IPv4
2 9 (69.23%) TCP/IP
2 9 (69.23%) WAN
3 6 (46.15%) DHCP
3 6 (46.15%) Firewall
3 6 (46.15%) LAN
3 6 (46.15%) VPN
4 4 (30.77%) Network Security
5 3 (23.08%) Broadband
5 3 (23.08%) DNS
5 3 (23.08%) DOCSIS
5 3 (23.08%) DSL
5 3 (23.08%) GPON
5 3 (23.08%) MPLS
5 3 (23.08%) PPP
5 3 (23.08%) RTP
5 3 (23.08%) SD-WAN
5 3 (23.08%) VLAN
5 3 (23.08%) VoIP
5 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
1 1 (7.69%) MySQL
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) MSBuild
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) 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%) 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 Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Operations Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) OpenWrt
3 1 (7.69%) Windows
3 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%) Software Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Use Case
4 3 (23.08%) User Stories
5 2 (15.38%) Capacity Management
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Network Management
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C
1 3 (23.08%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) PHP
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CCNP
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (23.08%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) JNCIA
3 2 (15.38%) JNCIS
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) MCSE
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
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%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
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%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
2 3 (23.08%) Juniper
3 2 (15.38%) F5
3 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
3 2 (15.38%) Meraki
3 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
4 1 (7.69%) Aruba
4 1 (7.69%) Huawei
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft