RIP Job Trends in the North of England

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring RIP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 - 338
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Permanent jobs citing RIP 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.022% - 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.37% - 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,375 - £39,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,750 - £43,461
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.53%
75th Percentile £29,500 - £47,483
90th Percentile £29,725 - -
England median annual salary £29,750 £28,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.39% -48.18% +23.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

RIP 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,345 1,864 1,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.96% 19.50% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 873 862 1,001
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,000 £44,274
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -29.98% -6.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.08%

RIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

RIP job vacancy trend in the North of England

RIP
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing RIP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing RIP

RIP
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RIP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 August 2026. 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
North West - 5 £28,750 - 1
RIP
England

RIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 2 (40.00%) Apple
2 2 (40.00%) HP