The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
22 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 Cheltenham - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
51 117 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 23.61% 28.96% 24.79%
Number of salaries quoted 48 74 46
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
Gloucestershire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCIP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Support
2 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCIP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint