The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 21 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 138 140 141
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 17 11 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.537% 0.315% 0.529%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.106% 2.170% 4.036%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 18
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -46.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £35,000 £44,650
10% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £50,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
414 507 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 13.07% 14.53% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 222 329 312
Average salary £40,500 £35,000 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.71% -8.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £77,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
UK

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Glasgow - 5 £35,000 -
Highlands - 4 £25,000 -
Aberdeen +2 3 £35,000 -12.50%
Edinburgh +9 1 £40,000 +14.28%
MPLS
UK

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (60.00%) WAN
2 23 (57.50%) Cisco
3 22 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (55.00%) DNS
4 21 (52.50%) CCNP
5 16 (40.00%) Finance
5 16 (40.00%) Financial Modelling
6 15 (37.50%) EIGRP
6 15 (37.50%) CCNA
7 14 (35.00%) Firewall
7 14 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (30.00%) BGP
8 12 (30.00%) CCIE
8 12 (30.00%) CCSP
9 11 (27.50%) CCIP
10 9 (22.50%) TCP/IP
11 8 (20.00%) DHCP
12 7 (17.50%) Network Design
12 7 (17.50%) Capacity Management
12 7 (17.50%) VPN
12 7 (17.50%) Wireless
13 6 (15.00%) OSPF
13 6 (15.00%) CCDP
13 6 (15.00%) FWSM
13 6 (15.00%) CCVP
14 5 (12.50%) Unified Communications
15 2 (5.000%) Advertising
15 2 (5.000%) Telecoms
15 2 (5.000%) Windows
16 1 (2.500%) Linux

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Communications & Networking
1 24 (60.00%) WAN
2 22 (55.00%) DNS
3 15 (37.50%) EIGRP
4 14 (35.00%) Firewall
4 14 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (30.00%) BGP
6 9 (22.50%) TCP/IP
7 8 (20.00%) DHCP
8 7 (17.50%) VPN
8 7 (17.50%) Wireless
9 6 (15.00%) OSPF
9 6 (15.00%) FWSM
10 5 (12.50%) Unified Communications
11 1 (2.500%) LAN
11 1 (2.500%) SAN
11 1 (2.500%) NAS
General
1 16 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.000%) Advertising
2 2 (5.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (42.50%) Architect
1 17 (42.50%) Network Engineer
2 16 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (32.50%) Support Engineer
4 8 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 8 (20.00%) Network Support
5 7 (17.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 7 (17.50%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (7.500%) Consultant
7 3 (7.500%) Junior
7 3 (7.500%) Analyst
7 3 (7.500%) Network Consultant
7 3 (7.500%) Junior Architect
7 3 (7.500%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 3 (7.500%) Cisco Consultant
8 2 (5.000%) Network Analyst
9 1 (2.500%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.000%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) Linux
2 1 (2.500%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Financial Modelling
2 7 (17.50%) Network Design
2 7 (17.50%) Capacity Management
3 1 (2.500%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 22 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (52.50%) CCNP
3 15 (37.50%) CCNA
4 12 (30.00%) CCIE
4 12 (30.00%) CCSP
5 11 (27.50%) CCIP
6 6 (15.00%) CCDP
6 6 (15.00%) CCVP
7 1 (2.500%) Avaya Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 23 (57.50%) Cisco
2 1 (2.500%) Avaya
2 1 (2.500%) Juniper
2 1 (2.500%) VMware
2 1 (2.500%) Blue Coat
2 1 (2.500%) Aruba
2 1 (2.500%) Iron Mountain
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