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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 45 60 54
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -6
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 26 7 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 3.869% 1.049% 1.210%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.31% 2.800% 5.217%
Number of salaries quoted 24 7 1
Average salary £46,250 £40,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.62% -27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
142 250 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 21.13% 37.48% 23.19%
Number of salaries quoted 122 178 72
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
Berkshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

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

Slough MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 34 (75.56%) Juniper
2 28 (62.22%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (62.22%) Cisco
3 26 (57.78%) CCNP
4 24 (53.33%) CCIP
4 24 (53.33%) CCIE
4 24 (53.33%) JNCIS
4 24 (53.33%) JNCIP
5 23 (51.11%) JNCIA
6 17 (37.78%) Unified Communications
7 16 (35.56%) OSPF
7 16 (35.56%) BGP
8 14 (31.11%) JNCIE
9 12 (26.67%) IPsec
10 11 (24.44%) Firewall
10 11 (24.44%) VPLS
11 10 (22.22%) Telecoms
12 9 (20.00%) Network Security
12 9 (20.00%) TCP/IP
13 8 (17.78%) CheckPoint
13 8 (17.78%) DSL
14 7 (15.56%) CCNA
15 5 (11.11%) CCSP
15 5 (11.11%) IPv4
15 5 (11.11%) IPv6
15 5 (11.11%) ITIL
15 5 (11.11%) Twitter
16 4 (8.889%) Network Architecture
16 4 (8.889%) SNMP
16 4 (8.889%) Network Design

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 17 (37.78%) Unified Communications
2 16 (35.56%) OSPF
2 16 (35.56%) BGP
3 12 (26.67%) IPsec
4 11 (24.44%) Firewall
4 11 (24.44%) VPLS
5 9 (20.00%) Network Security
5 9 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 8 (17.78%) DSL
7 5 (11.11%) IPv4
7 5 (11.11%) IPv6
8 4 (8.889%) SNMP
9 3 (6.667%) VRRP
9 3 (6.667%) DNS
9 3 (6.667%) LAN
9 3 (6.667%) WAN
9 3 (6.667%) VLAN
9 3 (6.667%) HSRP
10 2 (4.444%) SAN
10 2 (4.444%) Cisco ASA
General
1 10 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.222%) French Language
Job Titles
1 23 (51.11%) Network Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Technical Design Authority
3 9 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 8 (17.78%) Cisco Engineer
4 8 (17.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 7 (15.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 7 (15.56%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (15.56%) 3rd Line Support
5 7 (15.56%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 6 (13.33%) NOC Engineer
7 5 (11.11%) Cisco Support
7 5 (11.11%) Network Support
7 5 (11.11%) Consultant
7 5 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 4 (8.889%) IP Engineer
8 4 (8.889%) Team Leader
8 4 (8.889%) IP Network Engineer
8 4 (8.889%) Network Team Leader
9 2 (4.444%) VMware Technical Consultant
9 2 (4.444%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.667%) Windows
2 2 (4.444%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (4.444%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.222%) Solaris
3 1 (2.222%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.11%) ITIL
2 4 (8.889%) Network Architecture
2 4 (8.889%) Network Design
3 3 (6.667%) Network Management
4 1 (2.222%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 28 (62.22%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (57.78%) CCNP
3 24 (53.33%) CCIP
3 24 (53.33%) CCIE
3 24 (53.33%) JNCIS
3 24 (53.33%) JNCIP
4 23 (51.11%) JNCIA
5 14 (31.11%) JNCIE
6 7 (15.56%) CCNA
7 5 (11.11%) CCSP
8 2 (4.444%) VCAP
8 2 (4.444%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (4.444%) CCSA
8 2 (4.444%) CCSE
8 2 (4.444%) MCITP
9 1 (2.222%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (4.444%) vSphere
1 2 (4.444%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 34 (75.56%) Juniper
2 28 (62.22%) Cisco
3 8 (17.78%) CheckPoint
4 5 (11.11%) Twitter
5 3 (6.667%) Blue Coat
6 2 (4.444%) Veeam
6 2 (4.444%) HP
6 2 (4.444%) Citrix
6 2 (4.444%) VMware
6 2 (4.444%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (4.444%) Huawei
7 1 (2.222%) F5
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