IPv6 Job Trends in the North West

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring IPv6 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 195 198
Rank change year-on-year - +3 +114
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 0 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West - 0.16% 0.049%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.52% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.57%
75th Percentile - - £56,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,911 528 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.73% 10.34% 13.63%
Number of salaries quoted 351 307 454
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £26,063 £32,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £44,274 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% -6.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £49,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £77,715
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

IPv6
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

IPv6 job vacancy trend in the North West

IPv6
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IPv6.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IPv6