RIP Job Trends in the North West

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring RIP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 - 263
Rank change year-on-year - - -15
Permanent jobs citing RIP 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.017% - 0.023%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £28,500 - -
25th Percentile £28,688 - £39,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,250 - £43,461
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.53%
75th Percentile £29,688 - £47,483
90th Percentile £29,800 - -
England median annual salary £29,750 £28,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.39% -48.18% +17.02%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 626 1,085 872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.40% 21.06% 9.90%
Number of salaries quoted 472 321 659
10th Percentile £28,250 £23,504 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £33,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.24% -29.79% -6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £48,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,100
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -3.89%

RIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

RIP job vacancy trend in the North West

RIP
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing RIP

RIP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RIP within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
Lancashire - 2 £29,250 -
RIP
England

RIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe