The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Communications & Networking
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
57 50 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 22.80% 24.39% 5.988%
Number of salaries quoted 56 48 8
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +19.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,900 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
Bedfordshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MPLS across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedford MPLS Jobs Demand Trend

MPLS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MPLS across the Bedford region.

Bedford MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing MPLS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MPLS.

1 19 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (73.68%) Firewall
2 14 (73.68%) VoIP
2 14 (73.68%) WAN
2 14 (73.68%) DHCP
2 14 (73.68%) RIP
2 14 (73.68%) VPN
2 14 (73.68%) Cisco
2 14 (73.68%) CCNP
3 13 (68.42%) DNS
3 13 (68.42%) LAN
3 13 (68.42%) TCP/IP
3 13 (68.42%) CISA
3 13 (68.42%) CISM
3 13 (68.42%) Change Management
3 13 (68.42%) CEH
3 13 (68.42%) CISSP
3 13 (68.42%) VLAN
3 13 (68.42%) Network Management
3 13 (68.42%) Network Security
4 11 (57.89%) VMware
5 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
6 9 (47.37%) Network Design
7 8 (42.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 8 (42.11%) Intrusion Detection
7 8 (42.11%) Capacity Planning
7 8 (42.11%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (31.58%) CCDP
8 6 (31.58%) F5
9 5 (26.32%) Penetration Testing

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing MPLS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MPLS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 14 (73.68%) Firewall
1 14 (73.68%) VoIP
1 14 (73.68%) WAN
1 14 (73.68%) DHCP
1 14 (73.68%) RIP
1 14 (73.68%) VPN
2 13 (68.42%) DNS
2 13 (68.42%) LAN
2 13 (68.42%) TCP/IP
2 13 (68.42%) VLAN
2 13 (68.42%) Network Security
3 8 (42.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (26.32%) SAN
5 1 (5.263%) BGP
5 1 (5.263%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Security Officer
2 6 (31.58%) Network Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Network Security Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Support Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (26.32%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Storage Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
1 5 (26.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Change Management
1 13 (68.42%) Network Management
2 9 (47.37%) Network Design
3 8 (42.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 8 (42.11%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (42.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (26.32%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (26.32%) ITIL
4 5 (26.32%) Ethical Hacking
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (73.68%) CCNP
3 13 (68.42%) CISA
3 13 (68.42%) CISM
3 13 (68.42%) CEH
3 13 (68.42%) CISSP
4 6 (31.58%) CCDP
5 5 (26.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (26.32%) CCNA
5 5 (26.32%) MCSE
5 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Cisco
2 11 (57.89%) VMware
3 6 (31.58%) F5
4 5 (26.32%) Citrix
5 1 (5.263%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.263%) Juniper