The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 20 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 130 145 146
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +1
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 14 3 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.577% 0.120% 0.586%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.212% 0.530% 2.423%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 18
Average salary £48,750 £65,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +44.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £65,000 £33,200
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £45,750
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
633 566 784
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 26.07% 22.56% 24.17%
Number of salaries quoted 471 418 560
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
MPLS
East of England

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Hertfordshire MPLS Salary Histogram

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Hertford - 8 £52,500 -
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £38,250 -
MPLS
East of England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 14 (100.00%) Ethernet
2 10 (71.43%) VPN
3 9 (64.29%) Telecoms
4 8 (57.14%) Cisco
5 7 (50.00%) Internet
6 6 (42.86%) WAN
7 4 (28.57%) VPLS
7 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 4 (28.57%) ADSL
7 4 (28.57%) CCNP
7 4 (28.57%) CCDP
7 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (28.57%) DWDM
7 4 (28.57%) Product Management
8 3 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (21.43%) CCIP
8 3 (21.43%) DNS
8 3 (21.43%) SLA
8 3 (21.43%) LAN
8 3 (21.43%) VoIP
8 3 (21.43%) C
8 3 (21.43%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (21.43%) ITIL
8 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
8 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
9 1 (7.143%) SolarWinds
9 1 (7.143%) Sysprep
9 1 (7.143%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (7.143%) Social Media
9 1 (7.143%) VMware ESXi

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) Ethernet
2 10 (71.43%) VPN
3 7 (50.00%) Internet
4 6 (42.86%) WAN
5 4 (28.57%) ADSL
5 4 (28.57%) DWDM
5 4 (28.57%) VPLS
6 3 (21.43%) LAN
6 3 (21.43%) VoIP
6 3 (21.43%) DNS
7 1 (7.143%) IPv6
7 1 (7.143%) SAN
7 1 (7.143%) RIP
7 1 (7.143%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (7.143%) iSCSI
7 1 (7.143%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (7.143%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (7.143%) OSPF
7 1 (7.143%) BGP
7 1 (7.143%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (64.29%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.143%) Local Government
2 1 (7.143%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Consultant
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Product Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Product Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Sales Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Services Delivery Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Service Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Sales Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Support
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.143%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
1 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (7.143%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (7.143%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Product Management
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.143%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C
2 1 (7.143%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CCNP
1 4 (28.57%) CCDP
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (21.43%) CCIP
3 1 (7.143%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.143%) Terminal Services
1 1 (7.143%) VMware ESX
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.143%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) OpenView
1 1 (7.143%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (7.143%) Backup Exec
1 1 (7.143%) WSUS
1 1 (7.143%) Sysprep
1 1 (7.143%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) HP
3 1 (7.143%) Juniper
3 1 (7.143%) Apple
3 1 (7.143%) Symantec
3 1 (7.143%) McAfee
3 1 (7.143%) VMware
3 1 (7.143%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.143%) Acronis
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Posted: 17 May 2013