The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 22 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 Newbury region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 49 42 46
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +4
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 5 20 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 1.497% 3.891% 0.588%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.849% 11.90% 4.255%
Number of salaries quoted 3 20 1
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
73 168 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 21.86% 32.68% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 63 155 35
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,400 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
Berkshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 13 (68.42%) Windows
1 13 (68.42%) Cisco
1 13 (68.42%) HP
1 13 (68.42%) Citrix
1 13 (68.42%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2003
1 13 (68.42%) VMware
1 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2008
1 13 (68.42%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (57.89%) XenApp
2 11 (57.89%) XenDesktop
2 11 (57.89%) Mobile Device Management
2 11 (57.89%) Content Management
2 11 (57.89%) VPLS
2 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
2 11 (57.89%) Firewall
2 11 (57.89%) Juniper
2 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (57.89%) Linux
2 11 (57.89%) ITIL
2 11 (57.89%) VoIP
2 11 (57.89%) WLAN
2 11 (57.89%) WAN
2 11 (57.89%) DHCP
2 11 (57.89%) TCP/IP
2 11 (57.89%) VPN
2 11 (57.89%) DNS
2 11 (57.89%) SSL
3 10 (52.63%) CCNP
4 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 (5.263%) SharePoint Foundation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (68.42%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (57.89%) VPLS
2 11 (57.89%) Firewall
2 11 (57.89%) VoIP
2 11 (57.89%) WLAN
2 11 (57.89%) WAN
2 11 (57.89%) DHCP
2 11 (57.89%) TCP/IP
2 11 (57.89%) VPN
2 11 (57.89%) DNS
2 11 (57.89%) SSL
3 5 (26.32%) LAN
4 4 (21.05%) Network Security
5 2 (10.53%) SAN
5 2 (10.53%) SMS
5 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
5 2 (10.53%) 2G
5 2 (10.53%) 3G
5 2 (10.53%) SS7
5 2 (10.53%) IP Telephony
General
1 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
2 4 (21.05%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Systems Administrator
1 5 (26.32%) Senior Systems Administrator
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Network Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Network Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Server Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) VMware Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Windows
1 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2003
1 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2008
2 11 (57.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Mobile Device Management
1 11 (57.89%) Content Management
1 11 (57.89%) ITIL
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (21.05%) Network Management
3 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
3 2 (10.53%) Information Security
4 1 (5.263%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (52.63%) CCNP
3 6 (31.58%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (21.05%) Degree
4 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
5 3 (15.79%) CCNA
6 2 (10.53%) CISSP
6 2 (10.53%) CISM
6 2 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (10.53%) MCITP
6 2 (10.53%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (57.89%) XenApp
1 11 (57.89%) XenDesktop
1 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.53%) vSphere
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Cisco
1 13 (68.42%) HP
1 13 (68.42%) Citrix
1 13 (68.42%) VMware
2 11 (57.89%) Juniper
2 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Huawei
3 2 (10.53%) Barracuda Networks
3 2 (10.53%) Veeam
4 1 (5.263%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (5.263%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (5.263%) Ericsson