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The table below looks at the demand for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank234205
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching permanent IT job ads5841024
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.338 %0.441 %
As % of the category below5.192 %6.445 %
Salaries quoted523791
Average minimum salary£47,992£47,241
Average salary£51,815£50,410
% change on same period last year+2.78 %
Average maximum salary£55,637£53,580
UK excluding London average salary£43,136£46,490
% change on same period last year-7.21 %
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1124915889
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.512 %6.837 %
Salaries quoted982312480
Average minimum salary£42,785£42,388
Average salary£45,791£45,341
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
Average maximum salary£48,796£48,294
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
MPLS EnglandMPLS
England

MPLS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MPLS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London MPLS Demand Trend

MPLS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MPLS across the London region.

London MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-9383£52,629+7.08 %
Canary WharfUp+2610--
Docklands, LondonUp+4410£36,071-5.07 %
CroydonUp+78£25,750-61.85 %
UxbridgeUp+84£70,000+133.33 %
HarrowDown-73£36,500-20.65 %
LutonDown-92£37,500-13.79 %
South CroydonNew entry-2£42,500-
HounslowUp+11£57,500+36.36 %
HayesNew entry-1£28,000-
MPLS EnglandMPLS
England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1859 (69.22 %)Cisco
2764 (61.56 %)Cisco Certification
3653 (52.62 %)BGP
4597 (48.11 %)OSPF
5520 (41.90 %)WAN
6517 (41.66 %)VPN
7516 (41.58 %)CCNP
8483 (38.92 %)CCIE
9392 (31.59 %)VoIP
10363 (29.25 %)LAN
11360 (29.01 %)CCIP
12300 (24.17 %)Telecoms
13290 (23.37 %)Firewall
14277 (22.32 %)Finance
15211 (17.00 %)Juniper
16199 (16.04 %)Network Design
17193 (15.55 %)EIGRP
18190 (15.31 %)ATM
19182 (14.67 %)CheckPoint
20181 (14.59 %)Frame Relay
21169 (13.62 %)SDH
22159 (12.81 %)TCP/IP
23158 (12.73 %)CCDP
24151 (12.17 %)Ethernet
25150 (12.09 %)IPsec
26137 (11.04 %)CCNA
27135 (10.88 %)IP Telephony
28134 (10.80 %)Windows
29119 (9.589 %)ISDN
30111 (8.944 %)Cisco PIX

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (0.886 %)ASP
27 (0.564 %)CSS
33 (0.242 %)Middleware
33 (0.242 %)HTML
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
146 (3.707 %)MS Exchange
237 (2.981 %)Exchange Server 2003
318 (1.450 %)SharePoint
417 (1.370 %)Exchange Server 2007
510 (0.806 %)IIS
510 (0.806 %)Lotus Notes
69 (0.725 %)Lotus Domino
69 (0.725 %)Apache
77 (0.564 %)Exchange Server 2000
84 (0.322 %)JBoss
84 (0.322 %)Tomcat
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
123 (1.853 %)MS Excel
219 (1.531 %)MS Visio
317 (1.370 %)MS Office
42 (0.161 %)MS Project
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1653 (52.62 %)BGP
2597 (48.11 %)OSPF
3520 (41.90 %)WAN
4517 (41.66 %)VPN
5392 (31.59 %)VoIP
6363 (29.25 %)LAN
7290 (23.37 %)Firewall
8193 (15.55 %)EIGRP
9190 (15.31 %)ATM
10181 (14.59 %)Frame Relay
11169 (13.62 %)SDH
12159 (12.81 %)TCP/IP
13151 (12.17 %)Ethernet
14150 (12.09 %)IPsec
15135 (10.88 %)IP Telephony
16119 (9.589 %)ISDN
17111 (8.944 %)Cisco PIX
1885 (6.849 %)Internet
1983 (6.688 %)DSL
1983 (6.688 %)DNS
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (2.095 %)SQL Server
28 (0.645 %)SQL Server 2000
28 (0.645 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (0.322 %)MySQL
34 (0.322 %)PostgreSQL
41 (0.081 %)Crystal Reports
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1300 (24.17 %)Telecoms
2277 (22.32 %)Finance
366 (5.318 %)Banking
452 (4.190 %)Financial Institution
545 (3.626 %)Education
622 (1.773 %)Law
718 (1.450 %)Pensions
816 (1.289 %)Health
913 (1.048 %)Multimedia
1012 (0.967 %)Marketing
118 (0.645 %)Insurance
127 (0.564 %)Back Office
136 (0.483 %)Government
145 (0.403 %)Billing
145 (0.403 %)Retail
145 (0.403 %)Legal
154 (0.322 %)Investment Banking
162 (0.161 %)Games
162 (0.161 %)Electronics
162 (0.161 %)Construction
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1260 (20.95 %)Network Engineer
2161 (12.97 %)Cisco Engineer
3132 (10.64 %)Architect
4117 (9.428 %)Design Engineer
5106 (8.541 %)Consultant
681 (6.527 %)Network Architect
767 (5.399 %)Cisco Network Engineer
861 (4.915 %)Senior Network Engineer
946 (3.707 %)Network Design Engineer
1044 (3.546 %)Analyst
1135 (2.820 %)Network Designer
1234 (2.740 %)Cisco Architect
1333 (2.659 %)Network Consultant
1431 (2.498 %)Presales Consultant
1530 (2.417 %)Cisco Network Architect
1530 (2.417 %)Project Manager
1627 (2.176 %)Network Manager
1726 (2.095 %)Cisco Consultant
1825 (2.015 %)Administrator
1825 (2.015 %)Solutions Architect
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
142 (3.384 %)PKI
238 (3.062 %)IPTV
238 (3.062 %)Video Conferencing
315 (1.209 %)Blackberry
412 (0.967 %)Derivative
57 (0.564 %)Japanese Language
66 (0.483 %)Clustering
74 (0.322 %)AVVID
74 (0.322 %)CLARiiON
74 (0.322 %)Symmetrix
83 (0.242 %)Mainframe
83 (0.242 %)Streaming Media
92 (0.161 %)Replication
92 (0.161 %)PMI
101 (0.081 %)Thin Client
101 (0.081 %)IVR
101 (0.081 %)Cryptography
101 (0.081 %)PDA
101 (0.081 %)Fat Client
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1134 (10.80 %)Windows
283 (6.688 %)UNIX
377 (6.205 %)Linux
451 (4.110 %)Windows Server 2003
535 (2.820 %)Solaris
624 (1.934 %)Windows XP
79 (0.725 %)Windows 2000 Server
88 (0.645 %)Red Hat Linux
95 (0.403 %)Windows Vista
95 (0.403 %)Windows 2000
95 (0.403 %)FreeBSD
103 (0.242 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.081 %)HPUX
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1199 (16.04 %)Network Design
292 (7.413 %)Project Management
343 (3.465 %)PRINCE2
441 (3.304 %)Service Delivery
539 (3.143 %)Load Balancing
539 (3.143 %)Problem Management
628 (2.256 %)Migration
725 (2.015 %)ITIL
820 (1.612 %)Network Planning
916 (1.289 %)Disaster Recovery
1015 (1.209 %)E-Commerce
1114 (1.128 %)Validation
1212 (0.967 %)B2B
1212 (0.967 %)Business Development
1311 (0.886 %)Workflow
149 (0.725 %)Incident Management
149 (0.725 %)Fault Management
158 (0.645 %)Asset Management
167 (0.564 %)Configuration Management
176 (0.483 %)Data Security
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (1.128 %)Perl
212 (0.967 %)SQL
311 (0.886 %)Shell Script
311 (0.886 %)C
44 (0.322 %)PHP
52 (0.161 %)Python
61 (0.081 %)Java
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1764 (61.56 %)Cisco Certification
2516 (41.58 %)CCNP
3483 (38.92 %)CCIE
4360 (29.01 %)CCIP
5158 (12.73 %)CCDP
6137 (11.04 %)CCNA
788 (7.091 %)CCSP
859 (4.754 %)CCVP
859 (4.754 %)Degree
955 (4.432 %)CCSE
1049 (3.948 %)CCSA
1136 (2.901 %)CCDA
1229 (2.337 %)JNCIS
1327 (2.176 %)MBA
1424 (1.934 %)Microsoft Certification
1522 (1.773 %)MCSE
1616 (1.289 %)CISSP
1616 (1.289 %)JNCIP
1616 (1.289 %)JNCIA
1712 (0.967 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (1.934 %)SLA
22 (0.161 %)ISO9001
31 (0.081 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
150 (4.029 %)Active Directory
224 (1.934 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (1.128 %)VMware ESX
413 (1.048 %)Terminal Services
57 (0.564 %)ISA Server
66 (0.483 %)MetaFrame
75 (0.403 %)VMware Server
83 (0.242 %)NetBackup
91 (0.081 %)Backup Exec
91 (0.081 %)NFS
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (1.370 %)CiscoWorks
28 (0.645 %)Netcool
28 (0.645 %)OpenView
36 (0.483 %)WSUS
44 (0.322 %)MIMEsweeper
53 (0.242 %)MAILsweeper
53 (0.242 %)Tivoli
61 (0.081 %)MOM
61 (0.081 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.081 %)DameWare
61 (0.081 %)Norton AntiVirus
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1859 (69.22 %)Cisco
2211 (17.00 %)Juniper
3182 (14.67 %)CheckPoint
458 (4.674 %)Avaya
549 (3.948 %)Nokia
641 (3.304 %)Nortel
740 (3.223 %)HP
837 (2.981 %)VMware
929 (2.337 %)Polycom
1026 (2.095 %)Lucent
1124 (1.934 %)Microsoft
1220 (1.612 %)Alcatel
1319 (1.531 %)Redback
1418 (1.450 %)Tandberg
1517 (1.370 %)IBM
1615 (1.209 %)3Com
1714 (1.128 %)Huawei
1812 (0.967 %)Citrix
1911 (0.886 %)Siemens
2010 (0.806 %)Reuters