The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 19 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 56 42 51
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +9
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 7 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 1.084% 0.570% 1.082%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.224% 3.774% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 5
Average salary £27,000 £37,750 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.47% -34.34%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +8.43%
All Communications & Networking
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
134 53 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 20.74% 15.10% 5.195%
Number of salaries quoted 100 48 21
Average salary £35,000 £30,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.82% -44.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £44,000
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 Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Coventry MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 9 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 8 (88.89%) CCIE
2 8 (88.89%) CCNP
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (88.89%) GPRS
2 8 (88.89%) ISDN
2 8 (88.89%) LAN
2 8 (88.89%) WAN
3 7 (77.78%) UMTS
3 7 (77.78%) Internet
3 7 (77.78%) VPN
3 7 (77.78%) Firewall
3 7 (77.78%) CCNA
3 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 7 (77.78%) Network Security
3 7 (77.78%) xDSL
4 1 (11.11%) VSAT
4 1 (11.11%) Network Design
4 1 (11.11%) SCADA
4 1 (11.11%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
4 1 (11.11%) CCIP
4 1 (11.11%) OSPF
4 1 (11.11%) BGP
4 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
4 1 (11.11%) ADSL
4 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
4 1 (11.11%) PSTN
4 1 (11.11%) GSM

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 9 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 8 (88.89%) GPRS
2 8 (88.89%) ISDN
2 8 (88.89%) LAN
2 8 (88.89%) WAN
3 7 (77.78%) UMTS
3 7 (77.78%) Internet
3 7 (77.78%) VPN
3 7 (77.78%) Firewall
3 7 (77.78%) Network Security
3 7 (77.78%) xDSL
4 1 (11.11%) VSAT
4 1 (11.11%) OSPF
4 1 (11.11%) BGP
4 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
4 1 (11.11%) ADSL
4 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
4 1 (11.11%) PSTN
4 1 (11.11%) GSM
General
1 1 (11.11%) Electronics
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (77.78%) Administrator
1 7 (77.78%) Network Administrator
1 7 (77.78%) IT Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Network Implementation Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CCIE
1 8 (88.89%) CCNP
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (77.78%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) CCIP
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco