The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Harrogate region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 17 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 Harrogate region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 31 28 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 11 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 3.819% 2.013% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.34% 8.108% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 0
Average salary £57,000 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Communications & Networking
Harrogate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
97 37 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrogate 33.68% 24.83% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 74 22 31
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +63.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £20,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,500 £50,450
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
MPLS
North Yorkshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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 20 (100.00%) Cisco
2 19 (95.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (95.00%) BGP
3 16 (80.00%) Firewall
4 14 (70.00%) EIGRP
4 14 (70.00%) OSPF
5 13 (65.00%) Juniper
5 13 (65.00%) CCNP
6 12 (60.00%) WAN
6 12 (60.00%) LAN
7 11 (55.00%) VPN
7 11 (55.00%) CCNA
7 11 (55.00%) CheckPoint
7 11 (55.00%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (40.00%) TCP/IP
8 8 (40.00%) SSL
8 8 (40.00%) RIP
8 8 (40.00%) ADSL
8 8 (40.00%) ATM
8 8 (40.00%) GPRS
8 8 (40.00%) ISDN
8 8 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (40.00%) Frame Relay
8 8 (40.00%) Finance
9 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
10 6 (30.00%) Brocade
10 6 (30.00%) CCSA
10 6 (30.00%) TippingPoint
10 6 (30.00%) Load Balancing
10 6 (30.00%) Cisco PIX

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrogate 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.

Application Platforms
1 6 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.000%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 19 (95.00%) BGP
2 16 (80.00%) Firewall
3 14 (70.00%) OSPF
3 14 (70.00%) EIGRP
4 12 (60.00%) LAN
4 12 (60.00%) WAN
5 11 (55.00%) VPN
5 11 (55.00%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (40.00%) Frame Relay
6 8 (40.00%) SSL
6 8 (40.00%) TCP/IP
6 8 (40.00%) RIP
6 8 (40.00%) ADSL
6 8 (40.00%) ATM
6 8 (40.00%) GPRS
6 8 (40.00%) ISDN
7 6 (30.00%) SNMP
7 6 (30.00%) VoIP
7 6 (30.00%) SAN
7 6 (30.00%) NAS
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Network Specialist
3 6 (30.00%) Security Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Senior Network Specialist
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Architect
6 1 (5.000%) Network Architect
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Network Architect
6 1 (5.000%) VoIP Specialist
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 5 (25.00%) PKI
3 1 (5.000%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (30.00%) Load Balancing
2 6 (30.00%) Network Management
3 5 (25.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.000%) Change Management
5 1 (5.000%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (65.00%) CCNP
3 11 (55.00%) CCNA
4 6 (30.00%) CCSA
5 5 (25.00%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Forefront TMG
1 5 (25.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Cisco
2 13 (65.00%) Juniper
3 11 (55.00%) CheckPoint
4 6 (30.00%) Brocade
4 6 (30.00%) HP
4 6 (30.00%) TippingPoint
4 6 (30.00%) Foundry
5 5 (25.00%) F5
6 1 (5.000%) Polycom
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
In-depth knowledge of the following routing protocols - RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP. Must have a strong working knowledge of the following protocols and technologies - ATM, Frame-Relay, MPLS,...
SPS Resourcing
Salary: From £50,000 to £57,000 per annum Including Excellent Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Cisco accreditations (CCNP level or higher) or equivalent industry experience is a must... Must have a strong practical knowledge of the following routing protocols - RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP,...
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £57,000 to £57,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013