The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 20 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 172 173 165
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -8
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 40 34 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.766% 0.615% 0.726%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.464% 3.660% 4.179%
Number of salaries quoted 36 29 39
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -14.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,750 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £49,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
896 929 1005
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.16% 16.81% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 765 756 827
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
MPLS
England

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Somerset +8 20 £45,000 +80.00%
Wiltshire +15 11 £37,000 -12.94%
Bristol -13 8 £42,500 +30.76%
Gloucestershire +7 1 £38,500 -14.44%
MPLS
England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 109 (78.99%) Cisco
2 95 (68.84%) VPN
3 94 (68.12%) Cisco Certification
4 85 (61.59%) WAN
5 78 (56.52%) Firewall
6 68 (49.28%) CCNA
7 55 (39.86%) LAN
8 53 (38.41%) Juniper
9 50 (36.23%) BGP
10 44 (31.88%) CCNP
10 44 (31.88%) IPsec
11 40 (28.99%) Ethernet
11 40 (28.99%) Windows
12 39 (28.26%) Active Directory
12 39 (28.26%) OSPF
13 37 (26.81%) Windows Server 2003
14 36 (26.09%) TCP/IP
15 35 (25.36%) 3G
16 34 (24.64%) Internet
16 34 (24.64%) EIGRP
16 34 (24.64%) Microsoft
16 34 (24.64%) CCIP
16 34 (24.64%) Windows Server 2008
17 33 (23.91%) CheckPoint
18 32 (23.19%) ISDN
18 32 (23.19%) Telecoms
19 31 (22.46%) VMware
19 31 (22.46%) Wireless
20 30 (21.74%) MS Exchange
20 30 (21.74%) ADSL

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 5 (3.623%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 30 (21.74%) MS Exchange
2 19 (13.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (8.696%) IIS
4 9 (6.522%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (3.623%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (2.174%) SharePoint
7 3 (2.174%) Lync
Applications
1 20 (14.49%) MS Office
2 5 (3.623%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.725%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 95 (68.84%) VPN
2 85 (61.59%) WAN
3 78 (56.52%) Firewall
4 55 (39.86%) LAN
5 50 (36.23%) BGP
6 44 (31.88%) IPsec
7 40 (28.99%) Ethernet
8 39 (28.26%) OSPF
9 36 (26.09%) TCP/IP
10 35 (25.36%) 3G
11 34 (24.64%) EIGRP
11 34 (24.64%) Internet
12 32 (23.19%) ISDN
13 31 (22.46%) Wireless
14 30 (21.74%) VLAN
14 30 (21.74%) ADSL
15 27 (19.57%) SAN
15 27 (19.57%) DSL
16 24 (17.39%) SDH
17 21 (15.22%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.59%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.246%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (7.246%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.449%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 32 (23.19%) Telecoms
2 2 (1.449%) Law
2 2 (1.449%) Retail
3 1 (0.725%) Financial Institution
3 1 (0.725%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.725%) Finance
Job Titles
1 44 (31.88%) Analyst
2 31 (22.46%) Technical Analyst
3 28 (20.29%) Network Engineer
4 16 (11.59%) Network Analyst
4 16 (11.59%) Cisco Engineer
5 13 (9.420%) Technical Engineer
6 11 (7.971%) Operations Engineer
7 10 (7.246%) Server Analyst
7 10 (7.246%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 9 (6.522%) Support Engineer
8 9 (6.522%) Technical Design Authority
9 8 (5.797%) Team Leader
10 7 (5.072%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (5.072%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 7 (5.072%) Consultant
10 7 (5.072%) Network Support
11 6 (4.348%) Windows Technical Consultant
11 6 (4.348%) Senior Windows Technical Consultant
11 6 (4.348%) Windows Engineer
11 6 (4.348%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.49%) Video Conferencing
2 16 (11.59%) Clustering
3 7 (5.072%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.348%) Replication
4 6 (4.348%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.174%) Statistics
5 3 (2.174%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.449%) Cryptography
6 2 (1.449%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.449%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.725%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.725%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 40 (28.99%) Windows
2 37 (26.81%) Windows Server 2003
3 34 (24.64%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (9.420%) Windows 7
5 10 (7.246%) UNIX
6 6 (4.348%) Windows XP
7 3 (2.174%) Linux
8 1 (0.725%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (18.84%) ITIL
2 25 (18.12%) Problem Management
3 20 (14.49%) Change Management
4 17 (12.32%) Performance Management
5 15 (10.87%) Fault Management
6 11 (7.971%) Load Balancing
6 11 (7.971%) Network Management
7 9 (6.522%) Service Delivery
8 8 (5.797%) Migration
9 7 (5.072%) Process Management
9 7 (5.072%) CRM
9 7 (5.072%) Incident Management
10 5 (3.623%) Validation
11 4 (2.899%) Service Management
12 3 (2.174%) Project Management
12 3 (2.174%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (2.174%) Data Analysis
13 2 (1.449%) Technical Architecture
13 2 (1.449%) Data Protection
13 2 (1.449%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.522%) SQL
2 8 (5.797%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.623%) Python
3 5 (3.623%) Perl
4 3 (2.174%) VBScript
5 1 (0.725%) C++
Qualifications
1 94 (68.12%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (49.28%) CCNA
3 44 (31.88%) CCNP
4 34 (24.64%) CCIP
5 17 (12.32%) MCSE
5 17 (12.32%) CCIE
5 17 (12.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.072%) CCSP
6 7 (5.072%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (4.348%) CCDP
8 5 (3.623%) SC Cleared
8 5 (3.623%) Security Cleared
9 4 (2.899%) JNCIS
10 3 (2.174%) CCVP
11 2 (1.449%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.725%) SCSA
12 1 (0.725%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.725%) Degree
12 1 (0.725%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.420%) SLA
2 7 (5.072%) QA
System Software
1 39 (28.26%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.420%) vSphere
4 9 (6.522%) Hyper-V
5 7 (5.072%) Xen
6 3 (2.174%) VMware ESX
6 3 (2.174%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.449%) Sendmail
7 2 (1.449%) NLBS
7 2 (1.449%) Squid
8 1 (0.725%) NFS
8 1 (0.725%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.725%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (10.87%) SCCM
2 5 (3.623%) WSUS
3 3 (2.174%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.449%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.449%) MOM
5 1 (0.725%) Nagios
Vendors
1 109 (78.99%) Cisco
2 53 (38.41%) Juniper
3 34 (24.64%) Microsoft
4 33 (23.91%) CheckPoint
5 31 (22.46%) VMware
6 21 (15.22%) Avaya
7 18 (13.04%) McAfee
8 17 (12.32%) SonicWALL
8 17 (12.32%) Polycom
9 14 (10.14%) Redback
9 14 (10.14%) Ericsson
10 11 (7.971%) HP
11 9 (6.522%) Citrix
12 7 (5.072%) Nortel
13 5 (3.623%) Alcatel-Lucent
13 5 (3.623%) Siemens
13 5 (3.623%) Huawei
13 5 (3.623%) ZTE
13 5 (3.623%) Nokia Siemens Networks
14 4 (2.899%) SolarWinds
Wiltshire
Network Engineer (Cisco/IP Telephony/MPLS) Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester. A leading organisation in the Wiltshire area requires a Technical Network Analyst/...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
You will be joining an existing team of 3 Network Analysts. The right candidate should have high level technical knowledge of a Network / Data Centre environment. You will...
Information Technology Services
Salary: £38k - 45k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Data Communications, Data Networks, MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, DS / IPS, SIEM, NAC/NAP, Cisco, Juniper... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: Experience of building, securing and supporting...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Data Communications, Data Networks, MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, DS / IPS, SIEM, NAC/NAP, Team Leading, Cisco, Juniper... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: Proven Team Leader Experience...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
An exciting opportunity to work with leading Data Communication Consultancy Main purpose of the role: - Responsible for the installation, maintenance and health of our clients Data Network - Evaluating...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Wiltshire
So seeking applicants with the following: * Very good knowledge of at least one of the following: UNIX/LINUX/Windows operating system * Experience in SAN, NAS & ISCSI technologies (Preferably...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + car, bonus, benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013