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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 7 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 3.256% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.46% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
Average salary £27,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Communications & Networking
Derby
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
52 117 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby 24.19% 39.80% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 49 116 43
Average salary £28,500 £27,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.63% -26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £23,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £47,500 £54,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
MPLS
Derbyshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 13 (92.86%) WAN
1 13 (92.86%) VPN
1 13 (92.86%) CCIE
1 13 (92.86%) CCNP
1 13 (92.86%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (92.86%) Firewall
1 13 (92.86%) Network Security
2 8 (57.14%) Internet
3 7 (50.00%) Citrix
3 7 (50.00%) CCNA
3 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 7 (50.00%) GPRS
3 7 (50.00%) ISDN
3 7 (50.00%) LAN
3 7 (50.00%) UMTS
3 7 (50.00%) xDSL
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco PIX
4 6 (42.86%) Network Design
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (42.86%) FWSM
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (42.86%) CCDP
4 6 (42.86%) CCIP
4 6 (42.86%) CCSP
4 6 (42.86%) CCVP
4 6 (42.86%) Wireless
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco
4 6 (42.86%) OSPF
4 6 (42.86%) BGP
4 6 (42.86%) EIGRP

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derby 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 13 (92.86%) VPN
1 13 (92.86%) WAN
1 13 (92.86%) Firewall
1 13 (92.86%) Network Security
2 8 (57.14%) Internet
3 7 (50.00%) GPRS
3 7 (50.00%) ISDN
3 7 (50.00%) LAN
3 7 (50.00%) UMTS
3 7 (50.00%) xDSL
3 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (42.86%) Wireless
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco PIX
4 6 (42.86%) FWSM
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (42.86%) OSPF
4 6 (42.86%) BGP
4 6 (42.86%) EIGRP
5 1 (7.143%) Broadband
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (50.00%) Administrator
1 7 (50.00%) Network Administrator
1 7 (50.00%) IT Administrator
2 6 (42.86%) Network Consultant
2 6 (42.86%) Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Network Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Network Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Advisor
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Network Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Network Design
2 1 (7.143%) Business Development
2 1 (7.143%) CRM
2 1 (7.143%) B2B
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) CCIE
1 13 (92.86%) CCNP
1 13 (92.86%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (50.00%) CCNA
3 6 (42.86%) CCDP
3 6 (42.86%) CCVP
3 6 (42.86%) CCIP
3 6 (42.86%) CCSP
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Citrix
2 6 (42.86%) Cisco