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This section looks at the demand for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) skills within the Gloucestershire 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank12097
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads33
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.792 %0.906 %
Salaries quoted33
Average minimum salary£21,500£17,400
Average salary£22,583£18,900
% change on same period last year+19.48 %
Average maximum salary£23,667£20,400
UK excluding London average salary£43,130£46,725
% change on same period last year-7.69 %
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Matching permanent IT job ads379331
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.204 %0.138 %
Salaries quoted341273
Average minimum salary£32,320£30,625
Average salary£35,085£32,515
% change on same period last year+7.90 %
Average maximum salary£37,849£34,404
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
MPLS South WestMPLS
South West

MPLS
Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
CheltenhamDown-71£34,000+106.06 %
GloucesterDown-111£17,500-9.67 %
MPLS South WestMPLS
South West

MPLS
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

14 (100.00 %)Ethernet
14 (100.00 %)ISDN
23 (75.00 %)Cisco
32 (50.00 %)LAN
32 (50.00 %)OSPF
32 (50.00 %)BGP
32 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (50.00 %)EIGRP
32 (50.00 %)Change Management
32 (50.00 %)Firewall
32 (50.00 %)Wireless
41 (25.00 %)VLAN
41 (25.00 %)ZyXEL
41 (25.00 %)Broadband
41 (25.00 %)Telecoms
41 (25.00 %)CMS
41 (25.00 %)VPN
41 (25.00 %)SSL
41 (25.00 %)SLA
41 (25.00 %)BGP-4
41 (25.00 %)VoIP
41 (25.00 %)OpenView
41 (25.00 %)HP
41 (25.00 %)CiscoWorks
41 (25.00 %)Avaya
41 (25.00 %)Nokia
41 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
41 (25.00 %)Internet

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)CMS
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (100.00 %)Ethernet
14 (100.00 %)ISDN
22 (50.00 %)LAN
22 (50.00 %)OSPF
22 (50.00 %)BGP
22 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (50.00 %)EIGRP
22 (50.00 %)Firewall
22 (50.00 %)Wireless
31 (25.00 %)VLAN
31 (25.00 %)Broadband
31 (25.00 %)VPN
31 (25.00 %)SSL
31 (25.00 %)Internet
31 (25.00 %)BGP-4
31 (25.00 %)VoIP
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Telecoms
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
12 (50.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
21 (25.00 %)1st Line Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)1st Line Support
21 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Field Engineer
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Change Management
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)SLA
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)OpenView
11 (25.00 %)CiscoWorks
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)Avaya
21 (25.00 %)Nokia
21 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
21 (25.00 %)ZyXEL