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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 10 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.978% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.667% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £55,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-36.36% +46.66%
All Communications & Networking
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
150 86 126
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 14.66% 13.25% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 145 60 101
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £52,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPLS
Oxfordshire

VPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford VPLS Jobs Demand Trend

VPLS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VPLS across the Oxford region.

Oxford VPLS Salary Trend

VPLS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing VPLS 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 VPLS.

1 10 (100.00%) ADSL
1 10 (100.00%) PBX
1 10 (100.00%) VoIP
1 10 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
1 10 (100.00%) HP
1 10 (100.00%) Avaya
1 10 (100.00%) Internet
1 10 (100.00%) MPLS
1 10 (100.00%) BGP
1 10 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 10 (100.00%) Mitel
1 10 (100.00%) Business Development
1 10 (100.00%) SaaS
1 10 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 10 (100.00%) HSRP
1 10 (100.00%) Mobile App

VPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford region citing VPLS 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 VPLS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) ADSL
1 10 (100.00%) PBX
1 10 (100.00%) VoIP
1 10 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 10 (100.00%) Internet
1 10 (100.00%) MPLS
1 10 (100.00%) BGP
1 10 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 10 (100.00%) HSRP
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Consultant
1 10 (100.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) SaaS
1 10 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 10 (100.00%) Business Development
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
1 10 (100.00%) HP
1 10 (100.00%) Avaya
1 10 (100.00%) Mitel
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Accordingly the candidate will need broad, proven experience in Wide Area Networking solutions and Connectivity Access models, including: - MPLS, VPLS, IPVPN, Cisco routers / switches, IP, VoIP, SIP, BGP,...
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Salary: £35k - 50k per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013