The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 21 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 94 98 73
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -25
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 1 5 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.114% 0.403% 1.084%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.362% 1.961% 5.970%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 11
Average salary £38,500 £45,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.44% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Communications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
276 255 201
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 31.33% 20.53% 18.16%
Number of salaries quoted 232 191 167
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +23.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
South West

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Job Locations

The table below 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 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
Gloucester +10 1 £38,500 -14.44%
MPLS
South West

MPLS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) CCIP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) CCNA
2 6 (85.71%) CCSP
3 4 (57.14%) Unified Communications
3 4 (57.14%) CCIE
3 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
4 3 (42.86%) BGP
4 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (42.86%) Network Management
4 3 (42.86%) VLAN
4 3 (42.86%) Statistics
4 3 (42.86%) CCVP
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Firewall
5 1 (14.29%) Juniper

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Unified Communications
2 3 (42.86%) BGP
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (42.86%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) Voice Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) Voice Network Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Voice Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Support
5 1 (14.29%) Network Support
5 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) CCIP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) CCNA
2 6 (85.71%) CCSP
3 4 (57.14%) CCIE
4 3 (42.86%) CCVP
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper