The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 19 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 112 99 100
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +1
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 10 5 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.540% 0.345% 0.839%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.175% 2.242% 5.814%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 3
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +35.48%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +8.43%
All Communications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 223 258
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 17.02% 15.40% 14.43%
Number of salaries quoted 284 193 214
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
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Oxford - 9 £50,000 -
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 24 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (91.67%) VoIP
3 18 (75.00%) HP
4 16 (66.67%) BGP
5 12 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (50.00%) Ethernet
6 11 (45.83%) WAN
6 11 (45.83%) ADSL
6 11 (45.83%) LAN
6 11 (45.83%) PBX
6 11 (45.83%) Avaya
6 11 (45.83%) Internet
6 11 (45.83%) Mitel
6 11 (45.83%) Business Development
6 11 (45.83%) VPLS
6 11 (45.83%) Unified Communications
6 11 (45.83%) SaaS
6 11 (45.83%) HSRP
6 11 (45.83%) Mobile App
7 10 (41.67%) Juniper
8 7 (29.17%) ITIL
8 7 (29.17%) VLAN
9 6 (25.00%) TCP/IP
9 6 (25.00%) Network Design
10 5 (20.83%) MCITP
10 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (20.83%) VMware
10 5 (20.83%) SAN
10 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (20.83%) Windows

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 22 (91.67%) VoIP
2 16 (66.67%) BGP
3 12 (50.00%) Ethernet
4 11 (45.83%) WAN
4 11 (45.83%) ADSL
4 11 (45.83%) LAN
4 11 (45.83%) PBX
4 11 (45.83%) Internet
4 11 (45.83%) VPLS
4 11 (45.83%) Unified Communications
4 11 (45.83%) HSRP
5 7 (29.17%) VLAN
6 6 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 5 (20.83%) SAN
7 5 (20.83%) WLAN
8 4 (16.67%) Firewall
8 4 (16.67%) OSPF
9 3 (12.50%) IPsec
9 3 (12.50%) EIGRP
9 3 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Consultant
2 11 (45.83%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 9 (37.50%) Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Design Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Telecoms Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Network Support
4 3 (12.50%) Network Design Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) VMware Technical Consultant
5 2 (8.333%) VMware Consultant
5 2 (8.333%) Network Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) SaaS
1 11 (45.83%) Mobile App
2 3 (12.50%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
1 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (45.83%) Business Development
3 7 (29.17%) ITIL
4 6 (25.00%) Network Design
5 2 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.333%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.167%) Service Management
6 1 (4.167%) Change Management
6 1 (4.167%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.167%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.167%) Network Architecture
6 1 (4.167%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) MCITP
1 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (16.67%) CCNP
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (12.50%) MCSE
4 2 (8.333%) VCAP
4 2 (8.333%) CCIE
4 2 (8.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (4.167%) CCNA
5 1 (4.167%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.333%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (12.50%) Backup Exec
1 3 (12.50%) WSUS
1 3 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (75.00%) HP
3 11 (45.83%) Avaya
3 11 (45.83%) Mitel
4 10 (41.67%) Juniper
5 5 (20.83%) VMware
5 5 (20.83%) Riverbed
6 3 (12.50%) Sophos
6 3 (12.50%) Symantec
6 3 (12.50%) SolarWinds
6 3 (12.50%) F5
7 2 (8.333%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (8.333%) Veeam
7 2 (8.333%) Citrix
7 2 (8.333%) Huawei
8 1 (4.167%) Blue Coat
8 1 (4.167%) CheckPoint
8 1 (4.167%) Fortinet