The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 107 91 84
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -7
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 11 9 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.647% 0.607% 0.521%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.470% 3.082% 2.857%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 6
Average salary £31,500 £55,000 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.72% +214.28%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
317 292 245
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.65% 19.70% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 255 255 222
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
West Midlands

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 24 (82.76%) Cisco
2 23 (79.31%) WAN
3 17 (58.62%) Windows
4 16 (55.17%) LAN
5 14 (48.28%) Active Directory
5 14 (48.28%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (48.28%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (34.48%) Wireless
6 10 (34.48%) BGP
6 10 (34.48%) CheckPoint
6 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
6 10 (34.48%) MS Exchange
6 10 (34.48%) Windows 7
7 9 (31.03%) MS Office
7 9 (31.03%) VPN
7 9 (31.03%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (31.03%) DSL
7 9 (31.03%) Blackberry
7 9 (31.03%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 9 (31.03%) Citrix
7 9 (31.03%) CCNP
7 9 (31.03%) WSUS
8 8 (27.59%) Problem Management
8 8 (27.59%) Firewall
9 7 (24.14%) OSPF
9 7 (24.14%) DNS
9 7 (24.14%) DHCP
9 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
10 6 (20.69%) CCIE
10 6 (20.69%) EIGRP

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 (10.34%) HTML
2 1 (3.448%) XMPP
2 1 (3.448%) VXML
Application Platforms
1 10 (34.48%) MS Exchange
2 9 (31.03%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (3.448%) Lync
3 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) MS Office
2 7 (24.14%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 23 (79.31%) WAN
2 16 (55.17%) LAN
3 10 (34.48%) Wireless
3 10 (34.48%) BGP
4 9 (31.03%) VPN
4 9 (31.03%) DSL
5 8 (27.59%) Firewall
6 7 (24.14%) OSPF
6 7 (24.14%) DNS
6 7 (24.14%) DHCP
7 6 (20.69%) EIGRP
8 4 (13.79%) VRRP
8 4 (13.79%) ADSL
8 4 (13.79%) WLAN
8 4 (13.79%) Network Security
8 4 (13.79%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (13.79%) HSRP
9 3 (10.34%) SSL
9 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
10 2 (6.897%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Informix
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) PVCS
General
1 1 (3.448%) Local Government
1 1 (3.448%) Retail
1 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.448%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
1 6 (20.69%) Support Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Network Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Team Leader
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Support Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Technical Design Authority
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 3 (10.34%) Progress Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Support Team Leader
4 3 (10.34%) Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Architect
5 2 (6.897%) Desktop Support
5 2 (6.897%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.897%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.897%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Cisco Specialist
6 1 (3.448%) Cisco Support Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Storage Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.448%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.448%) iPad
2 1 (3.448%) Open Source
2 1 (3.448%) IaaS
2 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.448%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 17 (58.62%) Windows
2 14 (48.28%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (34.48%) Windows 7
4 9 (31.03%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.448%) Windows 8
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Phone
5 1 (3.448%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Problem Management
2 5 (17.24%) Migration
3 4 (13.79%) Time Management
4 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
4 3 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (10.34%) Load Balancing
4 3 (10.34%) Network Design
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL
5 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
5 2 (6.897%) Performance Management
5 2 (6.897%) ITIL V3
6 1 (3.448%) Capacity Management
6 1 (3.448%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.448%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.448%) Integration Testing
6 1 (3.448%) Logistics
6 1 (3.448%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Progress 4GL
2 1 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (31.03%) CCNP
3 6 (20.69%) CCIE
4 5 (17.24%) CCNA
5 4 (13.79%) Check Point Certification
5 4 (13.79%) CCSA
5 4 (13.79%) CCSE
6 2 (6.897%) CCDP
6 2 (6.897%) HP ASE
6 2 (6.897%) HP MASE
7 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (3.448%) MCITP
7 1 (3.448%) Degree
7 1 (3.448%) MCP
7 1 (3.448%) MCSE
7 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.448%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.897%) Xen
4 1 (3.448%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) WSUS
2 2 (6.897%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (3.448%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 24 (82.76%) Cisco
2 10 (34.48%) CheckPoint
2 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
3 9 (31.03%) Citrix
4 6 (20.69%) VMware
5 5 (17.24%) Juniper
6 4 (13.79%) Nokia
6 4 (13.79%) Huawei
7 3 (10.34%) Progress
8 2 (6.897%) HP
8 2 (6.897%) Avaya
8 2 (6.897%) CommVault
8 2 (6.897%) Hitachi
8 2 (6.897%) 3Com
8 2 (6.897%) Brocade
8 2 (6.897%) ProCurve
8 2 (6.897%) Aruba
9 1 (3.448%) Verint
9 1 (3.448%) Mitel
9 1 (3.448%) SAP
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