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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 0.985% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.556% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £47,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
36 26 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 17.73% 12.62% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 35 19 31
Average salary £35,000 £29,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.68% +1.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £18,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £38,500 £36,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
Manchester

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Sales Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) HP