Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank172165
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads620
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.805 %2.121 %
Salaries quoted611
Average minimum salary£33,667£37,364
Average salary£36,083£39,500
% change on same period last year-8.64 %
Average maximum salary£38,500£41,636
UK excluding London average salary£43,176£46,725
% change on same period last year-7.59 %
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads745943
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.401 %0.393 %
Salaries quoted657763
Average minimum salary£29,906£30,203
Average salary£31,761£32,093
% change on same period last year-1.03 %
Average maximum salary£33,617£33,983
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
MPLS EnglandMPLS
England

MPLS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MPLS across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East Midlands MPLS Demand Trend

MPLS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MPLS across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

East Midlands MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicestershireUp+53£32,167+10.91 %
NottinghamshireDown-52£37,500-
NorthamptonshireDown-71£45,000+7.14 %
MPLS EnglandMPLS
England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

16 (100.00 %)Cisco
24 (66.67 %)Cisco Certification
24 (66.67 %)LAN
24 (66.67 %)WAN
33 (50.00 %)CCNA
33 (50.00 %)OSPF
33 (50.00 %)BGP
42 (33.33 %)Active Directory
42 (33.33 %)Firewall
42 (33.33 %)Frame Relay
42 (33.33 %)Finance
42 (33.33 %)VPN
42 (33.33 %)Windows
51 (16.67 %)AIX
51 (16.67 %)ISDN
51 (16.67 %)VoIP
51 (16.67 %)MCP
51 (16.67 %)SNMP
51 (16.67 %)CCDA
51 (16.67 %)CCNP
51 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (16.67 %)Firmware
51 (16.67 %)CheckPoint
51 (16.67 %)Internet
51 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
51 (16.67 %)DSL
51 (16.67 %)TACACS
51 (16.67 %)Network Design
51 (16.67 %)VLAN
51 (16.67 %)Load Balancing

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (66.67 %)LAN
14 (66.67 %)WAN
23 (50.00 %)OSPF
23 (50.00 %)BGP
32 (33.33 %)VPN
32 (33.33 %)Firewall
32 (33.33 %)Frame Relay
41 (16.67 %)VLAN
41 (16.67 %)Internet
41 (16.67 %)ISDN
41 (16.67 %)DSL
41 (16.67 %)TACACS
41 (16.67 %)SNMP
41 (16.67 %)VoIP
East Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Cisco Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Network Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Network Specialist
31 (16.67 %)Analyst
East Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Firmware
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (16.67 %)AIX
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Network Design
11 (16.67 %)Load Balancing
East Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (66.67 %)Cisco Certification
23 (50.00 %)CCNA
31 (16.67 %)CCDA
31 (16.67 %)MCP
31 (16.67 %)CCNP
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
East Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (33.33 %)Active Directory
East Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Cisco
21 (16.67 %)CheckPoint