The first table below looks at the demand for VPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPLS over the 3 months to 24 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
Rank 258 - 273
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 6 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.073% - 0.052%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.342% - 0.270%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
Average salary £55,000 - £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-29.00% +33.33%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1752 1601 1849
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.20% 18.40% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1404 1286 1483
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,616 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPLS
England

VPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England VPLS Jobs Demand Trend

VPLS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VPLS across the East of England region.

East of England VPLS Salary Trend

VPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPLS across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England VPLS Salary Histogram

VPLS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPLS within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hertfordshire - 4 £55,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £27,500 -
Essex - 1 £20,500 -
VPLS
England

VPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing VPLS 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 VPLS.

1 6 (100.00%) MPLS
2 4 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 3 (50.00%) Internet
3 3 (50.00%) DWDM
3 3 (50.00%) Product Management
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (33.33%) Juniper
5 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
5 1 (16.67%) OSPF
5 1 (16.67%) BGP
5 1 (16.67%) DSL
5 1 (16.67%) VMware
5 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) IPv6
5 1 (16.67%) CCIE
5 1 (16.67%) CCNP
5 1 (16.67%) CCIP
5 1 (16.67%) CCDP
5 1 (16.67%) HP
5 1 (16.67%) Citrix
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) NFS
5 1 (16.67%) RIP
5 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) MS Office

VPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing VPLS 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 VPLS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) MPLS
2 4 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 3 (50.00%) Internet
3 3 (50.00%) DWDM
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
5 1 (16.67%) OSPF
5 1 (16.67%) BGP
5 1 (16.67%) DSL
5 1 (16.67%) IPv6
5 1 (16.67%) RIP
5 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) VLAN
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (16.67%) NAS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Sales Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) NOC Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
1 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCIE
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) CCIP
1 1 (16.67%) CCDP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) JNCIA
1 1 (16.67%) JNCIS
1 1 (16.67%) JNCIP
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) NFS
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
1 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) XenApp
1 1 (16.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) WatchGuard
2 1 (16.67%) ProCurve