IPv4 Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring IPv4 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 177 195
Rank change year-on-year +7 +18 -
Permanent jobs citing IPv4 1 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.025% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.28% 0.85% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £82,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £85,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +95.40% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £87,500 £59,500
90th Percentile - - £68,050
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -27.59% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 357 469 483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.85% 13.86% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 191 217 419
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £35,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,533 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

IPv4
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

IPv4 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

IPv4
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing IPv4.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing IPv4

IPv4
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPv4 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Berkshire -8 1 £45,000 - 2
IPv4
South East

IPv4
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) ICMP
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) SCTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC