IPv6 Job Trends

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IPv6 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 643 782
Rank change year-on-year -38 +139 +181
Permanent jobs citing IPv6 11 28 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.064% 0.059%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.11% 0.48% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 44
10th Percentile £42,250 £38,875 £41,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,216 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £82,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £61,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.53% +28.95% -9.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,153 5,888 11,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.70% 13.50% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,043 3,634 9,226
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,792 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.03% +9.28% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,640 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £43,239
% change year-on-year -30.00% +15.64% -3.91%

IPv6
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IPv6 job vacancy trend in the UK

IPv6
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IPv6.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IPv6

IPv6
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPv6 over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for IPv6 in the UK

IPv6
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPv6 within the UK over the 6 months to 14 March 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
England -46 11 £52,500 - 7
UK excluding London -29 8 £45,000 -26.53% 7
Work from Home +28 6 £60,000 -14.29% 5
East of England +5 4 £43,000 -38.57% 2
London +11 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -39 2 £62,500 +92.31%
North of England -47 2 £62,500 +92.31% 1
South East -15 1 £45,000 -14.29% 1
South West - 1 £45,000 - 1

IPv6
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (9.09%) IIS
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure App Service
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
2 1 (9.09%) PaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) IPv4
2 7 (63.64%) TCP/IP
3 6 (54.55%) WAN
4 5 (45.45%) DHCP
5 3 (27.27%) Broadband
5 3 (27.27%) DOCSIS
5 3 (27.27%) DSL
5 3 (27.27%) Firewall
5 3 (27.27%) GPON
5 3 (27.27%) LAN
5 3 (27.27%) PPP
5 3 (27.27%) RTP
5 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
5 3 (27.27%) VoIP
5 3 (27.27%) VPN
5 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (18.18%) 4G
6 2 (18.18%) 5G
6 2 (18.18%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (9.09%) MongoDB
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) MSBuild
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Software Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Sales Executive
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Support
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) IT Operations Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Linux
2 3 (27.27%) OpenWrt
3 1 (9.09%) Windows
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Customer Service
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) SDLC
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) AI
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (27.27%) Open Source
3 3 (27.27%) Software Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Use Case
3 3 (27.27%) User Stories
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (18.18%) CRM
4 2 (18.18%) Presales
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Telesales
5 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C
1 3 (27.27%) C++
2 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) PHP
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CCNP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) MCSE
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO 9001
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco
1 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
1 2 (18.18%) Meraki
2 1 (9.09%) Huawei
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft