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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 55 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 1 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.192% 1.004% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.524% 3.906% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £75,000 £48,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
191 128 181
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 36.66% 25.70% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 119 108 135
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) Wireless
2 8 (80.00%) Network Design
2 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 8 (80.00%) WAN
2 8 (80.00%) VPN
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (80.00%) Juniper
2 8 (80.00%) CheckPoint
2 8 (80.00%) BGP
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (80.00%) F5
2 8 (80.00%) FWSM
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (70.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
4 1 (10.00%) CCIE
4 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) OSPF
4 1 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Retail

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) Wireless
2 8 (80.00%) WAN
2 8 (80.00%) VPN
2 8 (80.00%) BGP
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (80.00%) FWSM
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (10.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (10.00%) OSPF
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Network Consultant
1 8 (80.00%) Consultant
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Network Design
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security
2 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (10.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CEH
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Nessus
1 1 (10.00%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
1 8 (80.00%) Juniper
1 8 (80.00%) CheckPoint
1 8 (80.00%) F5
2 1 (10.00%) Qualys