The first table below looks at the demand for VPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
Rank 151 - 167
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 30 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.869% - 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.659% - 0.287%
Number of salaries quoted 26 0 2
Average salary £36,000 - £52,500
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 - £50,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 - £54,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-29.00% +33.33%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
820 855 696
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.75% 22.28% 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 656 753 564
Average salary £38,500 £41,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.09% +5.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPLS
South East

VPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire VPLS Salary Trend

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 Hampshire 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
Basingstoke - 26 £36,000 -
Portsmouth - 4 £37,500 -
VPLS
South East

VPLS
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 32 (100.00%) Juniper
1 32 (100.00%) MPLS
2 28 (87.50%) Telecoms
3 27 (84.38%) Cisco
4 23 (71.88%) IPv6
4 23 (71.88%) Ethernet
4 23 (71.88%) TCP/IP
4 23 (71.88%) OSPF
4 23 (71.88%) Internet
4 23 (71.88%) VLAN
4 23 (71.88%) HSRP
5 19 (59.38%) SDH
5 19 (59.38%) SONET
5 19 (59.38%) BGP
6 16 (50.00%) RSVP
7 7 (21.88%) Huawei
8 5 (15.63%) JNCIA
8 5 (15.63%) JNCIS
8 5 (15.63%) JNCIP
8 5 (15.63%) DSL
9 4 (12.50%) CheckPoint
9 4 (12.50%) CCNP
9 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
10 1 (3.125%) Management Information System

VPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 32 (100.00%) MPLS
2 23 (71.88%) IPv6
2 23 (71.88%) Ethernet
2 23 (71.88%) TCP/IP
2 23 (71.88%) OSPF
2 23 (71.88%) Internet
2 23 (71.88%) VLAN
2 23 (71.88%) HSRP
3 19 (59.38%) SDH
3 19 (59.38%) SONET
3 19 (59.38%) BGP
4 16 (50.00%) RSVP
5 5 (15.63%) DSL
6 4 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 28 (87.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) IP Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Provisioning Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) NOC Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) IP Network Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) JNCIA
1 5 (15.63%) JNCIS
1 5 (15.63%) JNCIP
2 4 (12.50%) CCNP
2 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) Juniper
2 27 (84.38%) Cisco
3 7 (21.88%) Huawei
4 4 (12.50%) CheckPoint
Portsmouth, Hampshire
From a security perspective Cisco and Checkpoint are there main vendors... Security experience of Cisco is needed, any checkpoint is desirable along with any knowledge of MPLS and...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000 - £40000.00 per annum + Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Juniper NOC Engineer - JNCIA - JNCIP - JNCIS... Due to rapid growth within the team they are looking for a Juniper NOC Engineer - JNCIA - JNCIP - JNCIS to join the team.
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013