The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 23 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 49 - 29
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 3 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 1.205% - 2.513%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.108% - 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
Average salary £60,000 - £17,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
37 25 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 14.86% 15.63% 15.08%
Number of salaries quoted 33 7 15
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% +102.85%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
West Midlands

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Solihull MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) CCIP
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Implementation Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) CCIP
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013