The first table below looks at the demand for L2TP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited L2TP over the 3 months to 21 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
Rank 850 851 859
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Permanent jobs citing L2TP 10 36 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.030% 0.010%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.048% 0.170% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 10 36 11
Average salary £55,500 £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £55,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +16.66%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21033 21229 19145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.36% 17.52% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17006 17692 15862
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

L2TP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing L2TP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

L2TP Jobs Demand Trend

L2TP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing L2TP within the UK.

L2TP Salary Trend

L2TP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing L2TP over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

L2TP Salary Histogram

L2TP
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing L2TP within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England -17 10 £55,500 +5.71%
South East -18 5 £35,000 -33.33%
South West - 4 £55,500 -
Somerset - 4 £55,500 -
High Wycombe +5 3 £32,500 -18.23%
Buckinghamshire -13 3 £32,500 -18.23%
Berkshire - 2 £62,500 -
Reading - 2 £62,500 -
South Yorkshire +5 1 £100,000 +122.22%
Yorkshire -7 1 £100,000 +122.22%
Sheffield - 1 £100,000 -

L2TP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing L2TP 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 L2TP.

1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 27 (96.43%) BGP
3 26 (92.86%) MPLS
4 23 (82.14%) VPN
5 22 (78.57%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (75.00%) OSPF
7 18 (64.29%) IPsec
8 17 (60.71%) VoIP
9 16 (57.14%) Firewall
10 14 (50.00%) CCNA
10 14 (50.00%) Internet
10 14 (50.00%) 3G
11 12 (42.86%) CCIP
11 12 (42.86%) ITIL
12 11 (39.29%) ISDN
12 11 (39.29%) Ethernet
13 10 (35.71%) SLA
13 10 (35.71%) CCNP
13 10 (35.71%) Juniper
14 9 (32.14%) IPv6
14 9 (32.14%) DNS
14 9 (32.14%) Broadband
14 9 (32.14%) ADSL
14 9 (32.14%) Network Design
15 8 (28.57%) WAN
15 8 (28.57%) TCP/IP
15 8 (28.57%) TACACS
16 7 (25.00%) Change Management
16 7 (25.00%) SDH
16 7 (25.00%) LLU

L2TP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing L2TP 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 L2TP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (10.71%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) Apache
1 3 (10.71%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (96.43%) BGP
2 26 (92.86%) MPLS
3 23 (82.14%) VPN
4 21 (75.00%) OSPF
5 18 (64.29%) IPsec
6 17 (60.71%) VoIP
7 16 (57.14%) Firewall
8 14 (50.00%) Internet
8 14 (50.00%) 3G
9 11 (39.29%) ISDN
9 11 (39.29%) Ethernet
10 9 (32.14%) IPv6
10 9 (32.14%) DNS
10 9 (32.14%) Broadband
10 9 (32.14%) ADSL
11 8 (28.57%) WAN
11 8 (28.57%) TCP/IP
11 8 (28.57%) TACACS
12 7 (25.00%) SDH
12 7 (25.00%) LLU
General
1 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Network Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Development Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Network Specialist
3 3 (10.71%) Team Leader
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Operations Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) IP Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Principal Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) IP Network Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) Architect
5 1 (3.571%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.571%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.571%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Design Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Senior IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Video on Demand
2 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Open Source
2 3 (10.71%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.571%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) UNIX
2 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 3 (10.71%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) ITIL
2 9 (32.14%) Network Design
3 7 (25.00%) Change Management
4 6 (21.43%) Network Management
4 6 (21.43%) Problem Management
5 5 (17.86%) Performance Management
6 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 3 (10.71%) CRM
7 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
7 3 (10.71%) Process Management
7 3 (10.71%) Supplier Management
7 3 (10.71%) Network Architecture
7 3 (10.71%) Fault Management
8 1 (3.571%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Perl
2 3 (10.71%) SQL
3 1 (3.571%) Python
3 1 (3.571%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (78.57%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (50.00%) CCNA
3 12 (42.86%) CCIP
4 10 (35.71%) CCNP
5 6 (21.43%) JNCIA
5 6 (21.43%) CCIE
6 4 (14.29%) JNCIP
6 4 (14.29%) CCDP
6 4 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (10.71%) Degree
8 1 (3.571%) CCDA
8 1 (3.571%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) SLA
2 3 (10.71%) ISO 9001
2 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.71%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.571%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (35.71%) Juniper
3 6 (21.43%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 5 (17.86%) Ericsson
4 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
4 5 (17.86%) Redback
5 3 (10.71%) Huawei
5 3 (10.71%) ZyXEL
5 3 (10.71%) Draytek
5 3 (10.71%) BT
5 3 (10.71%) Foundry
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Switches and Router config - Infrastructure Networking Projects OSPF switching and routing - WAN technologies BGP TCP/IP - Firewalls - Checkpoint This leading national business who operate a number of sites...
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
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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,...
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Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
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