The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 92 84 118
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +34
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 35 45 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.700% 2.386% 0.733%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.883% 10.54% 4.438%
Number of salaries quoted 28 34 6
Average salary £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.82% +2.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,850 £39,300 £38,750
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +3.52%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
394 427 338
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 19.14% 22.64% 16.51%
Number of salaries quoted 318 358 292
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £52,600 £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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
High Wycombe +11 14 £34,375 -27.63%
Milton Keynes -16 12 £52,500 +23.52% 2
Chesham - 1 £45,000 -
Marlow - 1 £50,000 -
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 43 (79.63%) Cisco
2 35 (64.81%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (61.11%) BGP
4 31 (57.41%) VPN
5 29 (53.70%) WAN
6 24 (44.44%) OSPF
7 23 (42.59%) CCNP
8 21 (38.89%) EIGRP
8 21 (38.89%) Telecoms
9 20 (37.04%) Firewall
9 20 (37.04%) CCIE
10 19 (35.19%) IPsec
11 16 (29.63%) Network Design
12 14 (25.93%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (25.93%) CCSP
13 13 (24.07%) CCNA
13 13 (24.07%) SLA
13 13 (24.07%) Network Security
13 13 (24.07%) Wireless
14 12 (22.22%) Netcool
14 12 (22.22%) FWSM
15 11 (20.37%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (20.37%) ITIL
16 10 (18.52%) VoIP
16 10 (18.52%) LAN
16 10 (18.52%) Finance
16 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
17 9 (16.67%) TACACS
17 9 (16.67%) Banking
17 9 (16.67%) ATM

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 6 (11.11%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (1.852%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 33 (61.11%) BGP
2 31 (57.41%) VPN
3 29 (53.70%) WAN
4 24 (44.44%) OSPF
5 21 (38.89%) EIGRP
6 20 (37.04%) Firewall
7 19 (35.19%) IPsec
8 14 (25.93%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (24.07%) Network Security
9 13 (24.07%) Wireless
10 12 (22.22%) FWSM
11 11 (20.37%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (18.52%) VoIP
12 10 (18.52%) LAN
13 9 (16.67%) TACACS
13 9 (16.67%) ATM
13 9 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
14 8 (14.81%) DWDM
15 7 (12.96%) Ethernet
15 7 (12.96%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.704%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (38.89%) Telecoms
2 10 (18.52%) Finance
3 9 (16.67%) Banking
4 3 (5.556%) French Language
Job Titles
1 16 (29.63%) Consultant
2 10 (18.52%) Network Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Senior Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Network Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Senior Network Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Architect
4 6 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 6 (11.11%) Senior Technical Architect
4 6 (11.11%) NOC Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) Technical Design Architect
4 6 (11.11%) Network Technical Architect
4 6 (11.11%) Network Design Architect
5 5 (9.259%) Cisco Consultant
5 5 (9.259%) Support Consultant
5 5 (9.259%) Network Consultant
6 4 (7.407%) Analyst
6 4 (7.407%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (7.407%) Service Manager
7 3 (5.556%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (5.556%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.704%) Economics
2 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.852%) CCTV
2 1 (1.852%) IVR
2 1 (1.852%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Linux
2 5 (9.259%) UNIX
2 5 (9.259%) Windows
3 1 (1.852%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.852%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Network Design
2 11 (20.37%) ITIL
3 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
4 8 (14.81%) Load Balancing
5 6 (11.11%) Change Control
6 5 (9.259%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (9.259%) PRINCE2
7 4 (7.407%) Project Management
7 4 (7.407%) Release Management
8 3 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (3.704%) Asset Management
9 2 (3.704%) Information Assurance
10 1 (1.852%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (1.852%) Network Architecture
10 1 (1.852%) TOGAF
10 1 (1.852%) Workflow
10 1 (1.852%) PRINCE
10 1 (1.852%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) SQL
2 2 (3.704%) Perl
2 2 (3.704%) Python
2 2 (3.704%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (64.81%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (42.59%) CCNP
3 20 (37.04%) CCIE
4 14 (25.93%) CCSP
5 13 (24.07%) CCNA
6 9 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (16.67%) CCDP
7 5 (9.259%) JNCIA
7 5 (9.259%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (7.407%) MCSE
8 4 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (7.407%) Degree
8 4 (7.407%) Security Cleared
9 2 (3.704%) CCIP
9 2 (3.704%) SC Cleared
9 2 (3.704%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.852%) VCAP
10 1 (1.852%) VCP4
10 1 (1.852%) HP AIS
10 1 (1.852%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) SLA
2 6 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (7.407%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.852%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) NFS
2 3 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.704%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.852%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.852%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (22.22%) Netcool
2 8 (14.81%) OpenView
3 6 (11.11%) CiscoWorks
4 2 (3.704%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.852%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.852%) SCOM
5 1 (1.852%) MOM
Vendors
1 43 (79.63%) Cisco
2 9 (16.67%) Reuters
2 9 (16.67%) Bloomberg
3 6 (11.11%) Oracle
3 6 (11.11%) SAP
3 6 (11.11%) Infovista
3 6 (11.11%) Blue Coat
4 5 (9.259%) VMware
5 4 (7.407%) SolarWinds
6 3 (5.556%) Juniper
6 3 (5.556%) HP
6 3 (5.556%) Microsoft
7 2 (3.704%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.704%) Citrix
7 2 (3.704%) Avaya
7 2 (3.704%) Cramer
7 2 (3.704%) Twitter
8 1 (1.852%) Veeam
8 1 (1.852%) ProCurve
8 1 (1.852%) Barracuda Networks
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