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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 69 73 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.152% 0.258% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.758% 2.020% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £41,500 £29,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.67% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
132 99 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 20.00% 12.76% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 112 88 120
Average salary £39,000 £28,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.84% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,625 £22,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
East Midlands

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 12 (85.71%) CCNA
1 12 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) VMware
3 9 (64.29%) MCSE
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (57.14%) Cisco
4 8 (57.14%) ITIL
4 8 (57.14%) Firewall
5 6 (42.86%) Linux
5 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
5 6 (42.86%) SAN
6 5 (35.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (28.57%) VLAN
7 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
7 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
7 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
8 3 (21.43%) LAN
8 3 (21.43%) WAN
8 3 (21.43%) DHCP
8 3 (21.43%) SLA
8 3 (21.43%) Internet
8 3 (21.43%) Project Management
8 3 (21.43%) Network Design
8 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
9 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Firewall
2 6 (42.86%) SAN
3 4 (28.57%) VLAN
3 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
3 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
4 3 (21.43%) LAN
4 3 (21.43%) WAN
4 3 (21.43%) DHCP
4 3 (21.43%) Internet
5 1 (7.143%) VPN
5 1 (7.143%) OSPF
5 1 (7.143%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Analyst
2 6 (42.86%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 6 (42.86%) Support Analyst
2 6 (42.86%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (28.57%) Network Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Storage Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Network Administrator
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Linux
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Network Design
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.143%) Change Management
5 1 (7.143%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) CCNA
1 12 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (64.29%) MCSE
2 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (35.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (7.143%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.143%) XenApp
3 1 (7.143%) XenDesktop
3 1 (7.143%) vSphere
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) Cisco
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.143%) Dell
4 1 (7.143%) Citrix
4 1 (7.143%) Juniper
4 1 (7.143%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.143%) Fortinet