The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 71 128 129
Rank change year-on-year
+57 +1
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 180 95 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.455% 1.542% 1.596%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.99% 5.601% 8.375%
Number of salaries quoted 144 75 65
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +20.48%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,700 £35,000 £30,300
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1638 1696 991
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 31.44% 27.53% 19.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1248 1369 778
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +53 81 £45,000 -7.69%
Bracknell -7 32 £40,000 -20.00%
Slough +15 26 £46,250 +15.62%
Newbury -6 5 £47,500 +5.55%
Maidenhead +12 4 £72,500 +16.00%
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 263 (76.45%) Cisco
2 242 (70.35%) Cisco Certification
3 199 (57.85%) CCNP
4 189 (54.94%) Juniper
5 170 (49.42%) BGP
6 161 (46.80%) CCIE
7 133 (38.66%) OSPF
7 133 (38.66%) CCIP
8 107 (31.10%) Telecoms
9 103 (29.94%) Firewall
9 103 (29.94%) JNCIP
10 99 (28.78%) JNCIA
11 87 (25.29%) CCNA
12 82 (23.84%) JNCIS
12 82 (23.84%) Unified Communications
13 79 (22.97%) VPN
14 78 (22.67%) WAN
15 66 (19.19%) TCP/IP
16 55 (15.99%) IPsec
17 53 (15.41%) VPLS
18 50 (14.53%) LAN
19 48 (13.95%) Network Security
20 45 (13.08%) VoIP
20 45 (13.08%) Ethernet
21 44 (12.79%) JNCIE
22 43 (12.50%) ITIL
23 42 (12.21%) Network Design
24 40 (11.63%) DSL
25 36 (10.47%) CheckPoint
25 36 (10.47%) DNS

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (0.872%) Middleware
1 3 (0.872%) CGI
2 1 (0.291%) CORBA
2 1 (0.291%) SOAP
2 1 (0.291%) Web Services
2 1 (0.291%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 6 (1.744%) Lync
2 3 (0.872%) Apache
3 2 (0.581%) MS Exchange
3 2 (0.581%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.291%) IIS
4 1 (0.291%) SharePoint Foundation
4 1 (0.291%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (2.907%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.872%) MS Office
3 1 (0.291%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.291%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 170 (49.42%) BGP
2 133 (38.66%) OSPF
3 103 (29.94%) Firewall
4 82 (23.84%) Unified Communications
5 79 (22.97%) VPN
6 78 (22.67%) WAN
7 66 (19.19%) TCP/IP
8 55 (15.99%) IPsec
9 53 (15.41%) VPLS
10 50 (14.53%) LAN
11 48 (13.95%) Network Security
12 45 (13.08%) VoIP
12 45 (13.08%) Ethernet
13 40 (11.63%) DSL
14 36 (10.47%) DNS
15 34 (9.884%) Cisco ASA
16 32 (9.302%) DHCP
16 32 (9.302%) IPv6
17 30 (8.721%) IPv4
18 28 (8.140%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.163%) SQL Server
General
1 107 (31.10%) Telecoms
2 12 (3.488%) Finance
3 11 (3.198%) Back Office
4 9 (2.616%) Billing
5 6 (1.744%) Retail
6 4 (1.163%) Legal
7 3 (0.872%) Marketing
8 2 (0.581%) Electronics
9 1 (0.291%) French Language
Job Titles
1 139 (40.41%) Network Engineer
2 52 (15.12%) IP Engineer
3 45 (13.08%) Support Engineer
4 40 (11.63%) Cisco Engineer
4 40 (11.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 38 (11.05%) Consultant
6 35 (10.17%) 2nd Line Support
6 35 (10.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 35 (10.17%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 35 (10.17%) Technical Design Authority
7 33 (9.593%) IP Network Engineer
8 19 (5.523%) 3rd Line Support
8 19 (5.523%) Architect
9 18 (5.233%) NOC Engineer
10 17 (4.942%) Network Support
11 16 (4.651%) Cisco Support
12 15 (4.360%) Team Leader
12 15 (4.360%) Pre Sales Consultant
13 14 (4.070%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
14 13 (3.779%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.779%) Digital Media
2 11 (3.198%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (1.453%) Open Source
4 3 (0.872%) Computer Science
4 3 (0.872%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.581%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.581%) Fat Client
5 2 (0.581%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.291%) PMI
6 1 (0.291%) iPad
6 1 (0.291%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.140%) Windows
2 22 (6.395%) Linux
3 20 (5.814%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (5.233%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (2.616%) UNIX
6 4 (1.163%) Solaris
7 3 (0.872%) Debian
7 3 (0.872%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.581%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.581%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.291%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.291%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.291%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.291%) SUSE
9 1 (0.291%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.291%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (12.50%) ITIL
2 42 (12.21%) Network Design
3 27 (7.849%) Network Architecture
4 23 (6.686%) Network Management
5 16 (4.651%) Service Delivery
5 16 (4.651%) Load Balancing
6 13 (3.779%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (3.488%) PRINCE2
8 11 (3.198%) Content Management
8 11 (3.198%) Mobile Device Management
9 8 (2.326%) Project Management
10 6 (1.744%) Validation
10 6 (1.744%) CRM
11 5 (1.453%) Risk Assessment
12 4 (1.163%) Root Cause Analysis
12 4 (1.163%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (1.163%) Configuration Management
13 3 (0.872%) Integration Testing
13 3 (0.872%) Incident Management
13 3 (0.872%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.907%) SQL
2 5 (1.453%) Perl
3 2 (0.581%) Bourne shell
3 2 (0.581%) Korn
3 2 (0.581%) Java
3 2 (0.581%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.291%) C
4 1 (0.291%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 242 (70.35%) Cisco Certification
2 199 (57.85%) CCNP
3 161 (46.80%) CCIE
4 133 (38.66%) CCIP
5 103 (29.94%) JNCIP
6 99 (28.78%) JNCIA
7 87 (25.29%) CCNA
8 82 (23.84%) JNCIS
9 44 (12.79%) JNCIE
10 26 (7.558%) CCSP
11 20 (5.814%) Degree
12 17 (4.942%) CCDP
13 9 (2.616%) CCDA
14 8 (2.326%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (2.035%) Security Cleared
15 7 (2.035%) SC Cleared
16 5 (1.453%) Citrix Certification
16 5 (1.453%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (1.453%) CCSE
16 5 (1.453%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.616%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.035%) SLA
3 3 (0.872%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.872%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (4.360%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.198%) XenApp
2 11 (3.198%) XenDesktop
3 9 (2.616%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.872%) FreeRADIUS
5 2 (0.581%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.581%) vSphere
5 2 (0.581%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.291%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 12 (3.488%) HP NNM
1 12 (3.488%) OpenView
1 12 (3.488%) CiscoWorks
2 4 (1.163%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (0.872%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.581%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.291%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.291%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 263 (76.45%) Cisco
2 189 (54.94%) Juniper
3 36 (10.47%) CheckPoint
4 27 (7.849%) HP
5 20 (5.814%) Microsoft
6 18 (5.233%) VMware
7 14 (4.070%) Twitter
8 13 (3.779%) F5
8 13 (3.779%) Citrix
8 13 (3.779%) Redback
9 9 (2.616%) Huawei
10 8 (2.326%) ZyXEL
11 7 (2.035%) Remedy
12 6 (1.744%) BT
12 6 (1.744%) Nortel
13 5 (1.453%) NETGEAR
14 4 (1.163%) Avaya
14 4 (1.163%) Ericsson
15 3 (0.872%) Oracle
15 3 (0.872%) Draytek
Bracknell, Berkshire
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
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Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
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Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bens + Bonus to 10%
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Bonus, benefits and training
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
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Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
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