The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 92 79 85
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +6
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 13 12 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.003% 1.220% 0.516%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.804% 6.742% 3.676%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 3
Average salary £52,500 £42,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.52% -26.08%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
224 178 136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 17.28% 18.09% 14.04%
Number of salaries quoted 176 147 112
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
Buckinghamshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Milton Keynes MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 22 (91.67%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (79.17%) BGP
2 19 (79.17%) EIGRP
2 19 (79.17%) Cisco
3 17 (70.83%) WAN
4 15 (62.50%) VPN
4 15 (62.50%) CCIE
4 15 (62.50%) Network Design
5 14 (58.33%) OSPF
6 12 (50.00%) CCSP
6 12 (50.00%) CCNP
6 12 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (50.00%) FWSM
7 11 (45.83%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (41.67%) Network Security
8 10 (41.67%) Wireless
9 9 (37.50%) Firewall
9 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
9 9 (37.50%) Finance
9 9 (37.50%) Banking
9 9 (37.50%) Reuters
9 9 (37.50%) Bloomberg
9 9 (37.50%) CCDP
9 9 (37.50%) Cisco PIX
10 7 (29.17%) SLA
11 6 (25.00%) DWDM
12 5 (20.83%) Blue Coat
12 5 (20.83%) Change Control
12 5 (20.83%) Infovista
12 5 (20.83%) Netcool

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 Development
1 5 (20.83%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (79.17%) BGP
1 19 (79.17%) EIGRP
2 17 (70.83%) WAN
3 15 (62.50%) VPN
4 14 (58.33%) OSPF
5 12 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (50.00%) FWSM
6 11 (45.83%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (41.67%) Wireless
7 10 (41.67%) Network Security
8 9 (37.50%) Cisco PIX
8 9 (37.50%) Firewall
9 6 (25.00%) DWDM
10 5 (20.83%) SSL
10 5 (20.83%) LAN
10 5 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (20.83%) TACACS
10 5 (20.83%) IPsec
11 3 (12.50%) VLAN
11 3 (12.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
1 9 (37.50%) Finance
1 9 (37.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Consultant
2 6 (25.00%) Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Senior Network Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 5 (20.83%) Technical Design Architect
3 5 (20.83%) Network Technical Architect
3 5 (20.83%) Network Design Architect
3 5 (20.83%) Cisco Consultant
3 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Network Consultant
3 5 (20.83%) Technical Architect
3 5 (20.83%) Senior Technical Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Technical Design Authority
5 2 (8.333%) Network Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
1 3 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Network Design
2 5 (20.83%) Change Control
3 4 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 3 (12.50%) ITIL
4 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.167%) PRINCE
6 1 (4.167%) Project Management
6 1 (4.167%) Information Assurance
6 1 (4.167%) Network Architecture
6 1 (4.167%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (91.67%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (62.50%) CCIE
3 12 (50.00%) CCSP
3 12 (50.00%) CCNP
4 9 (37.50%) CCDP
5 5 (20.83%) CCNA
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (12.50%) MCSE
7 2 (8.333%) Degree
8 1 (4.167%) SC Cleared
8 1 (4.167%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.167%) Security Cleared
8 1 (4.167%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) SLA
2 5 (20.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) NFS
2 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) OpenView
1 5 (20.83%) CiscoWorks
1 5 (20.83%) Netcool
2 2 (8.333%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Cisco
2 9 (37.50%) Reuters
2 9 (37.50%) Bloomberg
3 5 (20.83%) Infovista
3 5 (20.83%) Oracle
3 5 (20.83%) SAP
3 5 (20.83%) Blue Coat
4 3 (12.50%) VMware
5 2 (8.333%) SolarWinds
5 2 (8.333%) Twitter
5 2 (8.333%) Juniper
5 2 (8.333%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.167%) Cramer
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