The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 17 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 66 89 -
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 22 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.097% 0.105% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.692% 0.431% -
Number of salaries quoted 21 1 0
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Communications & Networking
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
227 232 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 21.64% 24.34% 12.26%
Number of salaries quoted 217 195 102
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £27,000 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
MPLS
Wales

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff +2 20 £42,500 +6.25%
MPLS
Wales

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 (88.89%) Cisco
2 21 (77.78%) BGP
3 19 (70.37%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (70.37%) WAN
3 19 (70.37%) CCNP
4 17 (62.96%) Network Design
5 16 (59.26%) EIGRP
5 16 (59.26%) OSPF
6 14 (51.85%) Firewall
7 12 (44.44%) Juniper
7 12 (44.44%) DHCP
8 11 (40.74%) CCIE
9 10 (37.04%) VPN
9 10 (37.04%) Ethernet
9 10 (37.04%) LAN
9 10 (37.04%) VMware
9 10 (37.04%) HSRP
10 9 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (33.33%) VoIP
10 9 (33.33%) DNS
11 8 (29.63%) Wireless
11 8 (29.63%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (29.63%) Advertising
11 8 (29.63%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (25.93%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (25.93%) Cisco PIX
12 7 (25.93%) VPLS
12 7 (25.93%) xDSL
12 7 (25.93%) Network Management
12 7 (25.93%) Junos

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Development
1 2 (7.407%) HTML
1 2 (7.407%) .NET
1 2 (7.407%) CSS
1 2 (7.407%) JSP
1 2 (7.407%) XML
1 2 (7.407%) Middleware
2 1 (3.704%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Lync
2 4 (14.81%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.704%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.704%) Apache
3 1 (3.704%) Tomcat
3 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.407%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) INSURE/90
Communications & Networking
1 21 (77.78%) BGP
2 19 (70.37%) WAN
3 16 (59.26%) EIGRP
3 16 (59.26%) OSPF
4 14 (51.85%) Firewall
5 12 (44.44%) DHCP
6 10 (37.04%) Ethernet
6 10 (37.04%) VPN
6 10 (37.04%) LAN
6 10 (37.04%) HSRP
7 9 (33.33%) VoIP
7 9 (33.33%) DNS
8 8 (29.63%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (29.63%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (29.63%) Wireless
9 7 (25.93%) Frame Relay
9 7 (25.93%) VPLS
9 7 (25.93%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (25.93%) Cisco PIX
9 7 (25.93%) xDSL
General
1 8 (29.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 5 (18.52%) Design Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Network Design Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Network Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (7.407%) Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Network Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (7.407%) Network Support
4 2 (7.407%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (7.407%) Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Cisco Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (18.52%) Blog
3 2 (7.407%) SaaS
3 2 (7.407%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.407%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Network Design
2 7 (25.93%) ITIL
2 7 (25.93%) Network Management
3 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
3 5 (18.52%) Project Planning
3 5 (18.52%) Load Balancing
4 4 (14.81%) Network Architecture
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (7.407%) Service Management
5 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.704%) Change Management
6 1 (3.704%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (7.407%) VB.NET
2 2 (7.407%) Java
2 2 (7.407%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.407%) RPG
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) CCNP
1 19 (70.37%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (40.74%) CCIE
3 7 (25.93%) CCIP
3 7 (25.93%) CCDP
4 5 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (14.81%) CCSP
6 3 (11.11%) CCDA
7 2 (7.407%) CCNA
7 2 (7.407%) JNCIA
7 2 (7.407%) JNCIS
7 2 (7.407%) Degree
7 2 (7.407%) CCSA
7 2 (7.407%) CCVP
7 2 (7.407%) CCSE
8 1 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
1 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.407%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 24 (88.89%) Cisco
2 12 (44.44%) Juniper
3 10 (37.04%) VMware
4 7 (25.93%) F5
5 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
6 3 (11.11%) Intel
6 3 (11.11%) CheckPoint
7 2 (7.407%) Nortel
7 2 (7.407%) SolarWinds
8 1 (3.704%) Twitter
8 1 (3.704%) Avaya
8 1 (3.704%) JBoss
8 1 (3.704%) NetApp