Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IGMP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IGMP over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 726 836 819
Rank change year-on-year +110 -17 +416
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing IGMP 4 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.006% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.032% 0.045% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 8
10th Percentile £80,300 £75,200 £87,500
25th Percentile £89,750 £83,000 £89,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £96,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% +1.05% -7.32%
75th Percentile £150,000 £97,500 £111,250
90th Percentile - £98,400 £160,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,000 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

IGMP 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,603 11,217 12,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 12.90% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,111 6,073 7,048
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £70,021
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -40.00% - -5.26%

IGMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IGMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IGMP in the UK

IGMP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IGMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IGMP

IGMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IGMP over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Salary histogram for IGMP in the UK

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Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IGMP within the UK over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +78 4 £125,000 +30.21% 3
London +66 3 £150,000 +56.25% 2
Work from Home - 3 £150,000 -
UK excluding London - 1 £76,000 - 1
North of England - 1 £76,000 -
North East - 1 £76,000 -

IGMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
1 3 (75.00%) Multicast
1 3 (75.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VRRP
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) HSRP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aviation
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) High-Frequency Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Market Making
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Bash
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) Arista
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet