The first table below looks at the demand for VPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPLS over the 3 months to 18 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
Rank 62 69 60
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -9
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 6 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.915% 0.151% 0.189%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.580% 0.388% 0.833%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 1
Average salary £35,000 £26,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.61% -52.72%
UK excluding London average salary £35,750 £60,000 £35,750
% change year-on-year
-40.41% +67.83%
All Communications & Networking
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
131 258 120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 19.97% 38.91% 22.73%
Number of salaries quoted 105 176 78
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%
VPLS
Berkshire

VPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough VPLS Salary Trend

VPLS
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 11 (100.00%) Juniper
1 11 (100.00%) MPLS
2 8 (72.73%) DSL
2 8 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 8 (72.73%) JNCIA
3 6 (54.55%) JNCIS
3 6 (54.55%) JNCIP
4 3 (27.27%) Blue Coat
4 3 (27.27%) VLAN
4 3 (27.27%) Network Management
4 3 (27.27%) HSRP
4 3 (27.27%) Firewall
4 3 (27.27%) IPsec
4 3 (27.27%) VRRP
4 3 (27.27%) OSPF
4 3 (27.27%) BGP
4 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
4 3 (27.27%) LAN
4 3 (27.27%) WAN
4 3 (27.27%) SNMP
4 3 (27.27%) DNS
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco
5 2 (18.18%) CCNA
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (18.18%) CCSA
5 2 (18.18%) CCSE
6 1 (9.091%) F5
6 1 (9.091%) Twitter

VPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 11 (100.00%) MPLS
2 8 (72.73%) DSL
3 3 (27.27%) VRRP
3 3 (27.27%) Firewall
3 3 (27.27%) IPsec
3 3 (27.27%) VLAN
3 3 (27.27%) HSRP
3 3 (27.27%) LAN
3 3 (27.27%) WAN
3 3 (27.27%) SNMP
3 3 (27.27%) DNS
3 3 (27.27%) OSPF
3 3 (27.27%) BGP
General
1 8 (72.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Sales Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) JNCIA
2 6 (54.55%) JNCIS
2 6 (54.55%) JNCIP
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CCSA
3 2 (18.18%) CCSE
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Juniper
2 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
2 3 (27.27%) Blue Coat
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
4 1 (9.091%) F5
4 1 (9.091%) Twitter