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This section looks at the demand for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) skills within the England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank237216
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching permanent IT job ads13862076
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.732 %0.850 %
As % of the category below4.421 %5.494 %
Salaries quoted12091752
Average minimum salary£45,028£47,114
Average salary£48,538£50,132
% change on same period last year-3.18 %
Average maximum salary£52,048£53,151
UK excluding London average salary£43,526£48,423
% change on same period last year-10.11 %
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3135237785
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled16.55 %15.47 %
Salaries quoted2678230618
Average minimum salary£37,564£39,261
Average salary£40,446£42,249
% change on same period last year-4.26 %
Average maximum salary£43,327£45,236
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
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UK

MPLS
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
LondonDown-33670£53,727+3.48 %
South EastUp+17415£46,348-4.12 %
North WestDown-279£36,722-35.91 %
South WestUp+4362£38,120+32.79 %
YorkshireDown-2051£38,400-7.79 %
West MidlandsDown-4448£36,524-17.30 %
East of EnglandDown-6737£44,259-9.47 %
East MidlandsDown-45£35,800-4.98 %
MidlandsUp+164£44,000+5.38 %
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

12066 (70.46 %)Cisco
21653 (56.38 %)Cisco Certification
31422 (48.50 %)WAN
41237 (42.19 %)VPN
51171 (39.94 %)BGP
61135 (38.71 %)LAN
71047 (35.71 %)CCNP
81036 (35.33 %)OSPF
9944 (32.20 %)Firewall
10826 (28.17 %)VoIP
11768 (26.19 %)CCIE
12668 (22.78 %)Telecoms
13538 (18.35 %)CCIP
14521 (17.77 %)Juniper
15503 (17.16 %)CCNA
16473 (16.13 %)TCP/IP
17402 (13.71 %)Internet
17402 (13.71 %)Network Design
18400 (13.64 %)CheckPoint
19391 (13.34 %)Finance
20387 (13.20 %)ATM
21356 (12.14 %)Frame Relay
22346 (11.80 %)EIGRP
23344 (11.73 %)Ethernet
24322 (10.98 %)Windows
25320 (10.91 %)IPsec
26310 (10.57 %)CCDP
27254 (8.663 %)DNS
28252 (8.595 %)SDH
29242 (8.254 %)Network Security

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (0.614 %)CSS
212 (0.409 %)WebServices
38 (0.273 %).NET
45 (0.171 %)Middleware
54 (0.136 %)XML
54 (0.136 %)HTML
63 (0.102 %)ASP
72 (0.068 %)EDI
81 (0.034 %)OLE
81 (0.034 %)WebSphere
81 (0.034 %)Adobe Flex
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1127 (4.332 %)Exchange Server 2003
2106 (3.615 %)MS Exchange
387 (2.967 %)Exchange Server 2000
476 (2.592 %)Lotus Domino
552 (1.774 %)Exchange Server 2007
641 (1.398 %)IIS
724 (0.819 %)SharePoint
812 (0.409 %)Apache
96 (0.205 %)Lotus Notes
104 (0.136 %)JBoss
104 (0.136 %)Tomcat
113 (0.102 %)MTS
113 (0.102 %)CMS
121 (0.034 %)WebSphere MQ
121 (0.034 %)WebLogic
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
195 (3.240 %)MS Excel
231 (1.057 %)MS Office
326 (0.887 %)MS Visio
44 (0.136 %)MS Project
52 (0.068 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.034 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.102 %)Dynamics CRM
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11422 (48.50 %)WAN
21237 (42.19 %)VPN
31171 (39.94 %)BGP
41135 (38.71 %)LAN
51036 (35.33 %)OSPF
6944 (32.20 %)Firewall
7826 (28.17 %)VoIP
8473 (16.13 %)TCP/IP
9402 (13.71 %)Internet
10387 (13.20 %)ATM
11356 (12.14 %)Frame Relay
12346 (11.80 %)EIGRP
13344 (11.73 %)Ethernet
14320 (10.91 %)IPsec
15254 (8.663 %)DNS
16252 (8.595 %)SDH
17242 (8.254 %)Network Security
18234 (7.981 %)ISDN
19227 (7.742 %)IP Telephony
20212 (7.231 %)Wireless
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
179 (2.694 %)SQL Server
250 (1.705 %)SQL Server 2000
349 (1.671 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (0.239 %)MySQL
55 (0.171 %)SQL Server 7
64 (0.136 %)RDBMS
64 (0.136 %)PostgreSQL
73 (0.102 %)MS Access
81 (0.034 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.034 %)GIS
81 (0.034 %)NonStop SQL
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1668 (22.78 %)Telecoms
2391 (13.34 %)Finance
3122 (4.161 %)Banking
492 (3.138 %)Pensions
586 (2.933 %)Health
675 (2.558 %)Education
745 (1.535 %)Financial Institution
839 (1.330 %)Government
934 (1.160 %)Law
934 (1.160 %)Insurance
1022 (0.750 %)Retail
1119 (0.648 %)Marketing
1218 (0.614 %)Billing
1218 (0.614 %)Investment Banking
1317 (0.580 %)Legal
1412 (0.409 %)Pharmaceutical
158 (0.273 %)FMCG
167 (0.239 %)Multimedia
167 (0.239 %)Construction
167 (0.239 %)Back Office
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1633 (21.59 %)Network Engineer
2327 (11.15 %)Architect
3307 (10.47 %)Cisco Engineer
4265 (9.038 %)Consultant
5231 (7.879 %)Analyst
6173 (5.900 %)Design Engineer
7169 (5.764 %)Network Analyst
8150 (5.116 %)Support Engineer
9128 (4.366 %)Cisco Network Engineer
10119 (4.059 %)Network Architect
11118 (4.025 %)Network Support
11118 (4.025 %)Senior Network Engineer
12107 (3.649 %)Network Consultant
1389 (3.035 %)Network Designer
1473 (2.490 %)Technical Architect
1569 (2.353 %)Project Manager
1569 (2.353 %)Presales Consultant
1661 (2.080 %)Cisco Support
1661 (2.080 %)Network Design Engineer
1759 (2.012 %)Network Manager
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
135 (1.194 %)IPTV
231 (1.057 %)Video Conferencing
327 (0.921 %)PKI
425 (0.853 %)Clustering
517 (0.580 %)Thin Client
517 (0.580 %)Fat Client
616 (0.546 %)Replication
616 (0.546 %)Computer Science
712 (0.409 %)PMI
811 (0.375 %)Derivative
99 (0.307 %)Blackberry
108 (0.273 %)AVVID
108 (0.273 %)French Language
117 (0.239 %)Equities
126 (0.205 %)Firmware
135 (0.171 %)Statistics
135 (0.171 %)Data Protection Act
144 (0.136 %)Japanese Language
144 (0.136 %)Spanish Language
144 (0.136 %)Mainframe
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1322 (10.98 %)Windows
2213 (7.265 %)UNIX
3156 (5.321 %)Linux
476 (2.592 %)AIX
572 (2.456 %)Solaris
658 (1.978 %)Windows 2000
735 (1.194 %)Windows XP
828 (0.955 %)Windows NT
927 (0.921 %)Windows Server 2003
1010 (0.341 %)FreeBSD
113 (0.102 %)HPUX
121 (0.034 %)VMS
121 (0.034 %)Debian
121 (0.034 %)NetBSD
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1402 (13.71 %)Network Design
2199 (6.787 %)Project Management
3158 (5.389 %)ITIL
4123 (4.195 %)Load Balancing
5115 (3.922 %)PRINCE2
673 (2.490 %)Migration
766 (2.251 %)Service Delivery
863 (2.149 %)Security Cleared
938 (1.296 %)Problem Management
1037 (1.262 %)Fault Management
1136 (1.228 %)Incident Management
1235 (1.194 %)Disaster Recovery
1235 (1.194 %)E-Commerce
1332 (1.091 %)Service Management
1431 (1.057 %)Validation
1528 (0.955 %)Configuration Management
1625 (0.853 %)Network Planning
1625 (0.853 %)Business Development
1722 (0.750 %)Content Management
1722 (0.750 %)B2B
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
172 (2.456 %)SQL
238 (1.296 %)C
328 (0.955 %)Perl
419 (0.648 %)Shell Script
55 (0.171 %)VB
55 (0.171 %)C++
64 (0.136 %)Java
64 (0.136 %)PHP
64 (0.136 %)PL/SQL
72 (0.068 %)Python
81 (0.034 %)PowerHouse
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11653 (56.38 %)Cisco Certification
21047 (35.71 %)CCNP
3768 (26.19 %)CCIE
4538 (18.35 %)CCIP
5503 (17.16 %)CCNA
6310 (10.57 %)CCDP
7177 (6.037 %)CCSP
8121 (4.127 %)Microsoft Certification
9119 (4.059 %)CCVP
1097 (3.308 %)Degree
1194 (3.206 %)CCDA
1282 (2.797 %)JNCIS
1381 (2.763 %)MCSE
1476 (2.592 %)CCSE
1476 (2.592 %)JNCIA
1571 (2.422 %)CCSA
1656 (1.910 %)JNCIP
1656 (1.910 %)JNCIE
1744 (1.501 %)MBA
1841 (1.398 %)MCP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
196 (3.274 %)SLA
223 (0.784 %)QA
35 (0.171 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
35 (0.171 %)ISO9001
43 (0.102 %)BS7799
51 (0.034 %)ISO9000
51 (0.034 %)PCI DSS
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1151 (5.150 %)Active Directory
272 (2.456 %)ISA Server
349 (1.671 %)VMware Infrastructure
446 (1.569 %)VMware ESX
525 (0.853 %)Terminal Services
618 (0.614 %)Citrix Presentation Server
711 (0.375 %)MetaFrame
711 (0.375 %)Backup Exec
87 (0.239 %)VMware Server
92 (0.068 %)NetBackup
101 (0.034 %)NFS
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
192 (3.138 %)OpenView
266 (2.251 %)Netcool
355 (1.876 %)CiscoWorks
424 (0.819 %)MOM
512 (0.409 %)Tivoli
610 (0.341 %)Netcool/Proviso
78 (0.273 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
87 (0.239 %)Norton AntiVirus
96 (0.205 %)WSUS
105 (0.171 %)NNM
114 (0.136 %)Nagios
123 (0.102 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
123 (0.102 %)Netcool/Webtop
132 (0.068 %)EMC NetWorker
141 (0.034 %)HP Data Protector
141 (0.034 %)Legato
141 (0.034 %)MIMEsweeper
141 (0.034 %)MAILsweeper
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12066 (70.46 %)Cisco
2521 (17.77 %)Juniper
3400 (13.64 %)CheckPoint
4210 (7.162 %)Microsoft
5147 (5.014 %)HP
6142 (4.843 %)Nortel
7134 (4.570 %)Citrix
8102 (3.479 %)Avaya
8102 (3.479 %)Nokia
994 (3.206 %)Oracle
1088 (3.001 %)VMware
1161 (2.080 %)Lucent
1260 (2.046 %)Redback
1358 (1.978 %)BT
1448 (1.637 %)Blue Coat
1546 (1.569 %)Alcatel
1631 (1.057 %)Cramer
1727 (0.921 %)Mitel
1825 (0.853 %)Huawei
1825 (0.853 %)Ericsson
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