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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 198 226 197
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -29
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 45 21 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.626% 0.296% 0.539%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.930% 2.025% 3.638%
Number of salaries quoted 38 19 34
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,250 £47,500 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
England

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -5 27 £45,000 -
Lancashire +10 10 £35,000 -
Cheshire +3 3 £25,500 -22.72%
MPLS
England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 65 (83.33%) Cisco
2 53 (67.95%) WAN
3 49 (62.82%) Firewall
4 43 (55.13%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (50.00%) LAN
6 34 (43.59%) CCNP
7 24 (30.77%) BGP
8 23 (29.49%) Telecoms
8 23 (29.49%) Active Directory
9 22 (28.21%) VPN
10 19 (24.36%) VoIP
10 19 (24.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (23.08%) DNS
11 18 (23.08%) TCP/IP
11 18 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
11 18 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
12 17 (21.79%) VLAN
12 17 (21.79%) CCIE
12 17 (21.79%) Windows
13 16 (20.51%) VMware
13 16 (20.51%) Cisco PIX
14 15 (19.23%) OSPF
14 15 (19.23%) CCNA
15 14 (17.95%) Microsoft
16 13 (16.67%) MS Exchange
16 13 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
17 12 (15.38%) DSL
17 12 (15.38%) HP
17 12 (15.38%) Ethernet
17 12 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 1 (1.282%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 13 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 7 (8.974%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (3.846%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.564%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (2.564%) Lync
5 1 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (5.128%) MS Excel
1 4 (5.128%) MS Office
2 1 (1.282%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 53 (67.95%) WAN
2 49 (62.82%) Firewall
3 39 (50.00%) LAN
4 24 (30.77%) BGP
5 22 (28.21%) VPN
6 19 (24.36%) VoIP
7 18 (23.08%) DNS
7 18 (23.08%) TCP/IP
7 18 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
7 18 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
8 17 (21.79%) VLAN
9 16 (20.51%) Cisco PIX
10 15 (19.23%) OSPF
11 12 (15.38%) DSL
11 12 (15.38%) Ethernet
12 11 (14.10%) Wireless
12 11 (14.10%) Frame Relay
13 10 (12.82%) RIP
14 9 (11.54%) Network Security
14 9 (11.54%) DHCP
General
1 23 (29.49%) Telecoms
2 7 (8.974%) Legal
3 4 (5.128%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.128%) Marketing
4 2 (2.564%) Finance
5 1 (1.282%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 32 (41.03%) Network Engineer
2 18 (23.08%) Senior Network Engineer
3 11 (14.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (10.26%) Architect
5 7 (8.974%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (7.692%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (6.410%) Analyst
8 4 (5.128%) Consultant
8 4 (5.128%) Data Architect
8 4 (5.128%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.128%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.128%) Sales Consultant
8 4 (5.128%) Development Manager
8 4 (5.128%) Security Engineer
8 4 (5.128%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (5.128%) Business Development Manager
8 4 (5.128%) Pre Sales Consultant
8 4 (5.128%) Business Manager
8 4 (5.128%) Data Centre Architect
9 3 (3.846%) IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.692%) Firmware
2 4 (5.128%) Clustering
2 4 (5.128%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (3.846%) iPhone
3 3 (3.846%) iPad
3 3 (3.846%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.564%) Open Source
5 1 (1.282%) SecurID
5 1 (1.282%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 17 (21.79%) Windows
2 13 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (6.410%) Windows 7
5 3 (3.846%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (3.846%) Linux
6 2 (2.564%) Windows Phone
6 2 (2.564%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.564%) Android
7 1 (1.282%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.36%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (14.10%) Migration
3 10 (12.82%) Business Continuity
3 10 (12.82%) Load Balancing
4 8 (10.26%) Network Design
4 8 (10.26%) High Availability
5 7 (8.974%) ITIL
6 6 (7.692%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (6.410%) Capacity Management
7 5 (6.410%) Service Management
7 5 (6.410%) E-Commerce
8 4 (5.128%) SOA
8 4 (5.128%) B2C
8 4 (5.128%) Change Management
8 4 (5.128%) ITSM
8 4 (5.128%) Portfolio Management
8 4 (5.128%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (5.128%) Business Development
9 2 (2.564%) PRINCE2
9 2 (2.564%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.128%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (55.13%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (43.59%) CCNP
3 17 (21.79%) CCIE
4 15 (19.23%) CCNA
5 8 (10.26%) CCSP
6 5 (6.410%) CCDP
7 4 (5.128%) CCIP
7 4 (5.128%) CCDE
8 2 (2.564%) MCSE
8 2 (2.564%) MCP
8 2 (2.564%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.564%) MCITP
9 1 (1.282%) HP ASE
9 1 (1.282%) ACSP
9 1 (1.282%) ACTC
9 1 (1.282%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.692%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.846%) SLA
3 1 (1.282%) QA
System Software
1 23 (29.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (7.692%) vSphere
4 2 (2.564%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.564%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.282%) Xen
5 1 (1.282%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.282%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (10.26%) WSUS
2 3 (3.846%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.564%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 65 (83.33%) Cisco
2 16 (20.51%) VMware
3 14 (17.95%) Microsoft
4 12 (15.38%) HP
5 8 (10.26%) CheckPoint
6 6 (7.692%) NetApp
6 6 (7.692%) Juniper
7 5 (6.410%) Fortinet
8 4 (5.128%) F5
8 4 (5.128%) Draytek
9 3 (3.846%) Redback
10 2 (2.564%) Citrix
10 2 (2.564%) Avaya
11 1 (1.282%) ProCurve
11 1 (1.282%) Veeam
11 1 (1.282%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.282%) Foundry
11 1 (1.282%) Twitter
11 1 (1.282%) Blue Coat
11 1 (1.282%) EMC
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