The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 28 29 17
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -12
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 9 13 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 4.762% 5.652% 6.000%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.57% 24.07% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 8
Average salary £33,750 £47,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.94% -9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,900 £40,050 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Communications & Networking
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
46 54 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 24.34% 23.48% 24.00%
Number of salaries quoted 41 40 27
Average salary £33,750 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.62% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,400 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £70,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
MPLS
Buckinghamshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

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

High Wycombe MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (72.73%) IPsec
3 7 (63.64%) VPN
3 7 (63.64%) BGP
4 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
5 5 (45.45%) OSPF
5 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (45.45%) Firewall
5 5 (45.45%) ATM
6 4 (36.36%) VoIP
6 4 (36.36%) CCNP
6 4 (36.36%) CCNA
7 3 (27.27%) ISDN
7 3 (27.27%) DSL
7 3 (27.27%) Internet
7 3 (27.27%) Netcool
7 3 (27.27%) X.21
7 3 (27.27%) PPP
7 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (18.18%) DMVPN
8 2 (18.18%) French Language
8 2 (18.18%) Wireless Security
8 2 (18.18%) xDSL
8 2 (18.18%) JNCIA
8 2 (18.18%) SLA
8 2 (18.18%) CCIE
8 2 (18.18%) Ethernet
8 2 (18.18%) Broadband
8 2 (18.18%) UNIX
8 2 (18.18%) Linux

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 8 (72.73%) IPsec
2 7 (63.64%) VPN
2 7 (63.64%) BGP
3 5 (45.45%) OSPF
3 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 5 (45.45%) ATM
4 4 (36.36%) VoIP
5 3 (27.27%) Internet
5 3 (27.27%) PPP
5 3 (27.27%) ISDN
5 3 (27.27%) DSL
5 3 (27.27%) X.21
6 2 (18.18%) DMVPN
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless Security
6 2 (18.18%) xDSL
6 2 (18.18%) L2TP
6 2 (18.18%) TACACS
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless
6 2 (18.18%) Ethernet
6 2 (18.18%) Broadband
General
1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Support Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Network Specialist
3 1 (9.091%) IP Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) UNIX
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
2 1 (9.091%) Project Management
2 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) Perl
1 1 (9.091%) Python
1 1 (9.091%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (36.36%) CCNA
2 4 (36.36%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
3 2 (18.18%) JNCIA
4 1 (9.091%) CCSP
4 1 (9.091%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Netcool
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (9.091%) Avaya
2 1 (9.091%) Juniper
2 1 (9.091%) Mitel
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
CCNA, Cisco, French, Telecommunications, IP configuration, VPN, MPLS, troubleshooting, Routing services, Technologies, , , IPSEC, DMVPN, , Radius, TACACS, QoS, Layer 1/2 protocols, ATM, xDSL, Ethernet, Leased lines, Wireless, Security,...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £30k - 32k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013