The first table below looks at the demand for VPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPLS 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
Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
Rank - 99 87
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 0 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.067% 0.298%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.342% 1.633%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 4
Average salary - £67,500 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +285.71%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-29.00% +33.33%
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%
VPLS
West Midlands

VPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham VPLS Jobs Demand Trend

VPLS
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham VPLS Salary Trend