The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 116 119 114
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -5
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 4 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.224% 0.259% 0.121%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.988% 2.066% 0.669%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 2
Average salary £25,500 £33,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72% -17.50%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
405 242 299
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.64% 12.56% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 307 219 249
Average salary £32,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,800 £60,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
MPLS
North West

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire MPLS Salary Trend

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warrington +14 3 £25,500 -27.14%
Chester - 1 - -
MPLS
North West

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (80.00%) WAN
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) VoIP
2 3 (60.00%) SLA
3 2 (40.00%) SHDSL
3 2 (40.00%) ADSL2+
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) ADSL
3 2 (40.00%) ISDN
3 2 (40.00%) BGP
3 2 (40.00%) DSL
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) SSL
4 1 (20.00%) Nokia
4 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (20.00%) 802.11
4 1 (20.00%) OSPF
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) SecurID
4 1 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Business Development
4 1 (20.00%) VPLS
4 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (20.00%) CSS

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (20.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) VoIP
3 2 (40.00%) ADSL
3 2 (40.00%) ISDN
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) SHDSL
3 2 (40.00%) BGP
3 2 (40.00%) DSL
3 2 (40.00%) ADSL2+
4 1 (20.00%) FWSM
4 1 (20.00%) DMVPN
4 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) VPLS
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) RIP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Advisor
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Business Development
1 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Foundry