The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 22 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 73 59 64
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +5
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 3 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.430% 0.541% 0.922%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.113% 3.261% 7.317%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 4
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
142 92 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 20.37% 16.58% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 134 81 78
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
East of England

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk MPLS Salary Trend

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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 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
Ipswich -8 3 £40,000 +20.30%
MPLS
East of England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) CCA
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 3 (75.00%) IIS
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) XenApp
2 3 (75.00%) VCAP
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) RIP
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCDP

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) IIS
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) RIP
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCA
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) VCAP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCDP
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) F5