The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 250 279 324
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +45
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 1181 1098 899
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 1.093% 0.910% 0.723%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.659% 5.186% 4.571%
Number of salaries quoted 990 927 754
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20871 21174 19668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.31% 17.54% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16834 17640 16289
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £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%

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MPLS Jobs Demand Trend

MPLS
Salary Trend

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

MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

MPLS Salary Histogram

MPLS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +23 1129 £45,000 -5.26%
South East +26 452 £45,000 -5.26%
London -2 430 £50,000 -4.76%
Berkshire +57 180 £45,000 -10.00%
City of London -20 149 £50,000 -4.76%
Surrey -22 86 £47,500 +7.95%
Hampshire +33 85 £37,500 -25.00%
Reading +53 81 £45,000 -7.69%
Yorkshire +10 52 £42,500 -3.95%
North West +28 45 £35,000 -6.66%
Basingstoke +24 44 £35,000 -12.50%
West Midlands +9 44 £27,250 -42.63%
South West +4 41 £42,500 +21.42%
East Midlands +8 35 £40,000 +20.30%
West Yorkshire +4 35 £31,000 -17.33%
Leeds +11 32 £31,000 -31.11%
Bracknell -7 32 £40,000 -20.00%
Buckinghamshire -30 32 £40,750 -14.21%
Kent +9 31 £40,000 -38.46%
Guildford +21 28 £42,500 -3.40%
East of England 0 28 £50,000 +17.64%
West Sussex -1 28 £47,500 +5.55%
Manchester -5 27 £45,000 -
Slough +15 26 £46,250 +15.62%
South Wales +25 23 £45,000 +12.50%
Wales +25 23 £45,000 +12.50%
Nottinghamshire +12 21 £40,000 -17.94%
Cardiff +7 21 £41,250 +3.12%
Somerset +11 20 £42,500 +70.00%
Nottingham +10 20 £40,000 -17.94%

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 1789 (78.43%) Cisco
2 1322 (57.96%) Cisco Certification
3 1154 (50.59%) WAN
4 1026 (44.98%) Firewall
5 958 (42.00%) BGP
6 935 (40.99%) CCNP
7 860 (37.70%) VPN
8 835 (36.61%) Juniper
9 808 (35.42%) OSPF
10 732 (32.09%) LAN
11 609 (26.70%) CCNA
12 603 (26.44%) Telecoms
13 532 (23.32%) CCIE
14 524 (22.97%) TCP/IP
15 461 (20.21%) VoIP
16 456 (19.99%) CheckPoint
17 453 (19.86%) Windows
18 437 (19.16%) EIGRP
19 422 (18.50%) Ethernet
20 411 (18.02%) DNS
21 407 (17.84%) Cisco ASA
22 394 (17.27%) Wireless
23 384 (16.83%) VMware
24 381 (16.70%) ITIL
25 372 (16.31%) CCIP
26 364 (15.96%) Network Security
27 334 (14.64%) Microsoft
28 331 (14.51%) Network Design
29 312 (13.68%) VLAN
30 301 (13.20%) Finance

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 28 (1.228%) CSS
2 16 (0.701%) .NET
3 15 (0.658%) ASP
4 14 (0.614%) DCOM
5 12 (0.526%) Middleware
6 10 (0.438%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.351%) HTML
8 7 (0.307%) Web Services
9 6 (0.263%) XML
9 6 (0.263%) JSP
9 6 (0.263%) XMPP
10 5 (0.219%) Silverlight
10 5 (0.219%) WSH
11 4 (0.175%) JDBC
11 4 (0.175%) EJB
11 4 (0.175%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.175%) WSDL
11 4 (0.175%) JMS
12 3 (0.132%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (0.132%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 150 (6.576%) MS Exchange
2 70 (3.069%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 59 (2.587%) Exchange Server 2010
4 48 (2.104%) Lync
5 43 (1.885%) IIS
6 30 (1.315%) SharePoint
6 30 (1.315%) Exchange Server 2007
7 26 (1.140%) Exchange Server 2003
8 15 (0.658%) Apache
9 4 (0.175%) Lotus Notes
9 4 (0.175%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.132%) GroupWise
11 2 (0.088%) CMS
11 2 (0.088%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.088%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.044%) SharePoint Foundation
12 1 (0.044%) ESB
12 1 (0.044%) Tomcat
Applications
1 173 (7.584%) MS Excel
2 97 (4.253%) MS Office
3 42 (1.841%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.614%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.175%) Google Apps
6 3 (0.132%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.044%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.044%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.044%) INSURE/90
1 1 (0.044%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1154 (50.59%) WAN
2 1026 (44.98%) Firewall
3 958 (42.00%) BGP
4 860 (37.70%) VPN
5 808 (35.42%) OSPF
6 732 (32.09%) LAN
7 524 (22.97%) TCP/IP
8 461 (20.21%) VoIP
9 437 (19.16%) EIGRP
10 422 (18.50%) Ethernet
11 411 (18.02%) DNS
12 407 (17.84%) Cisco ASA
13 394 (17.27%) Wireless
14 364 (15.96%) Network Security
15 312 (13.68%) VLAN
16 296 (12.98%) Internet
17 287 (12.58%) Cisco Nexus
18 267 (11.71%) VPLS
19 241 (10.57%) Unified Communications
20 233 (10.21%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (5.173%) SQL Server
2 31 (1.359%) MySQL
3 23 (1.008%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (0.701%) Crystal Reports
5 11 (0.482%) SQL Server 2008
6 9 (0.395%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (0.132%) DB2
7 3 (0.132%) Informix
8 2 (0.088%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.044%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.044%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.044%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.044%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 16 (0.701%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 9 (0.395%) WebLOAD
3 4 (0.175%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.132%) PVCS
General
1 603 (26.44%) Telecoms
2 301 (13.20%) Finance
3 60 (2.630%) Banking
4 45 (1.973%) Law
5 29 (1.271%) Marketing
6 24 (1.052%) Retail
7 22 (0.964%) Local Government
8 21 (0.921%) Financial Institution
9 20 (0.877%) Advertising
9 20 (0.877%) Electronics
9 20 (0.877%) Billing
10 19 (0.833%) Legal
11 14 (0.614%) Manufacturing
12 13 (0.570%) Investment Banking
13 12 (0.526%) Back Office
14 9 (0.395%) Multimedia
15 5 (0.219%) French Language
16 4 (0.175%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.175%) Publishing
17 3 (0.132%) German Language
Job Titles
1 923 (40.46%) Network Engineer
2 247 (10.83%) Support Engineer
3 228 (9.996%) Consultant
4 191 (8.374%) Analyst
5 185 (8.110%) Architect
6 179 (7.847%) Cisco Engineer
7 165 (7.234%) Network Support
8 152 (6.664%) Senior Network Engineer
9 146 (6.401%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 138 (6.050%) IP Engineer
11 116 (5.085%) Network Analyst
12 106 (4.647%) 2nd Line Support
13 104 (4.559%) Network Support Engineer
14 103 (4.516%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 98 (4.296%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
16 94 (4.121%) IP Network Engineer
17 90 (3.946%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 88 (3.858%) Solutions Architect
19 78 (3.420%) NOC Engineer
20 76 (3.332%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 88 (3.858%) Video Conferencing
2 62 (2.718%) Computer Science
3 56 (2.455%) Blackberry
4 34 (1.491%) Management Information System
5 32 (1.403%) Replication
6 28 (1.228%) SaaS
7 24 (1.052%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (0.964%) Clustering
8 22 (0.964%) PKI
8 22 (0.964%) Enterprise Storage
9 21 (0.921%) IaaS
10 17 (0.745%) Mathematics
10 17 (0.745%) Physics
11 16 (0.701%) Streaming Video
12 15 (0.658%) Digital Media
13 12 (0.526%) Firmware
13 12 (0.526%) Economics
13 12 (0.526%) Open Source
14 11 (0.482%) Mobile App
14 11 (0.482%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 453 (19.86%) Windows
2 262 (11.49%) Linux
3 252 (11.05%) Windows Server 2008
4 251 (11.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 154 (6.751%) UNIX
6 58 (2.543%) Windows 7
7 46 (2.017%) Solaris
8 45 (1.973%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 44 (1.929%) Windows XP
10 28 (1.228%) Windows Server 2012
11 26 (1.140%) Debian
12 16 (0.701%) Windows 2000
13 15 (0.658%) Windows 8
14 11 (0.482%) Android
14 11 (0.482%) CentOS
14 11 (0.482%) Windows NT
15 9 (0.395%) AIX
16 5 (0.219%) Windows Phone
16 5 (0.219%) Windows Mobile
17 4 (0.175%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (16.70%) ITIL
2 331 (14.51%) Network Design
3 216 (9.470%) Load Balancing
4 182 (7.979%) Network Management
5 152 (6.664%) Service Delivery
6 135 (5.918%) Project Management
7 95 (4.165%) PRINCE2
8 87 (3.814%) Change Management
9 83 (3.639%) Disaster Recovery
9 83 (3.639%) Network Architecture
10 67 (2.937%) Migration
11 66 (2.893%) Service Management
12 64 (2.806%) Problem Management
13 54 (2.367%) Capacity Planning
14 47 (2.060%) Performance Management
15 42 (1.841%) Financial Modelling
15 42 (1.841%) Incident Management
16 39 (1.710%) E-Commerce
17 33 (1.447%) Business Continuity
18 27 (1.184%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 113 (4.954%) SQL
2 42 (1.841%) Perl
3 35 (1.534%) PowerShell
4 34 (1.491%) Python
5 25 (1.096%) Bash shell
6 22 (0.964%) VBScript
7 18 (0.789%) C
8 16 (0.701%) Java
9 9 (0.395%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.395%) C#
10 3 (0.132%) Ruby
10 3 (0.132%) Progress 4GL
10 3 (0.132%) Delphi
10 3 (0.132%) PHP
11 2 (0.088%) RPG
11 2 (0.088%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.088%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.088%) Korn
11 2 (0.088%) Bourne shell
12 1 (0.044%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1322 (57.96%) Cisco Certification
2 935 (40.99%) CCNP
3 609 (26.70%) CCNA
4 532 (23.32%) CCIE
5 372 (16.31%) CCIP
6 241 (10.57%) JNCIA
7 212 (9.294%) JNCIP
8 210 (9.206%) JNCIS
9 182 (7.979%) CCSP
10 171 (7.497%) Degree
11 165 (7.234%) CCDP
12 122 (5.349%) Microsoft Certification
13 116 (5.085%) JNCIE
14 105 (4.603%) MCSE
15 98 (4.296%) Security Cleared
16 87 (3.814%) CCSA
17 77 (3.376%) CCDA
18 70 (3.069%) ITIL Certification
19 66 (2.893%) CCVP
20 52 (2.280%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (7.804%) SLA
2 42 (1.841%) PCI DSS
3 23 (1.008%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (0.658%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (0.482%) QA
6 3 (0.132%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.044%) GxP
7 1 (0.044%) GAMP
7 1 (0.044%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 254 (11.14%) Active Directory
2 234 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 99 (4.340%) vSphere
4 65 (2.850%) Hyper-V
5 46 (2.017%) XenApp
6 31 (1.359%) NFS
7 28 (1.228%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (1.184%) Terminal Services
9 25 (1.096%) VMware ESX
10 19 (0.833%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 17 (0.745%) XenDesktop
12 16 (0.701%) ISA Server
12 16 (0.701%) ProxySG
13 11 (0.482%) Forefront TMG
13 11 (0.482%) XenServer
14 10 (0.438%) Xen
15 8 (0.351%) UAG
16 6 (0.263%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 5 (0.219%) NLBS
18 4 (0.175%) Squid
Systems Management
1 64 (2.806%) CiscoWorks
2 51 (2.236%) WSUS
3 49 (2.148%) FortiGate
4 45 (1.973%) Cisco CUCM
5 43 (1.885%) OpenView
6 41 (1.797%) Cisco UCCX
7 34 (1.491%) Backup Exec
8 27 (1.184%) SCCM
9 22 (0.964%) NetBackup
9 22 (0.964%) SolarWinds Orion
10 21 (0.921%) WhatsUp Gold
11 16 (0.701%) Netcool
12 15 (0.658%) Norton AntiVirus
13 12 (0.526%) HP NNM
14 11 (0.482%) Cisco UCCE
15 10 (0.438%) Sysprep
16 9 (0.395%) ServiceCenter
17 7 (0.307%) SCOM
18 6 (0.263%) Nagios
18 6 (0.263%) MOM
Vendors
1 1789 (78.43%) Cisco
2 835 (36.61%) Juniper
3 456 (19.99%) CheckPoint
4 384 (16.83%) VMware
5 334 (14.64%) Microsoft
6 252 (11.05%) F5
7 210 (9.206%) HP
8 176 (7.716%) Citrix
9 97 (4.253%) SolarWinds
9 97 (4.253%) Avaya
10 83 (3.639%) Brocade
11 63 (2.762%) Mitel
12 59 (2.587%) Foundry
13 58 (2.543%) Riverbed
13 58 (2.543%) Polycom
14 54 (2.367%) Oracle
14 54 (2.367%) Fortinet
15 53 (2.324%) McAfee
16 50 (2.192%) BT
17 41 (1.797%) Twitter
City of London
CCNA. CCNP. Cisco. LAN/WAN... The duties of the network engineer will be include: Cisco networking Routing and switching Cisco ASA Cisco certifications (CCNA / CCNP) 3+ Years networking /...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Kent
Essential Skills: CCNA certified. Good wireless networking. Firewall / WAN management. Excellent understanding of TCP/IP Routing and Switching (OSPF, BGP, MPLS VPNs, IP Multicast) Desirable: CCNP certified... Knowledge...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
From a security perspective Cisco and Checkpoint are there main vendors... Security experience of Cisco is needed, any checkpoint is desirable along with any knowledge of MPLS and...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000 - £40000.00 per annum + Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Oxfordshire
A deep understanding of Cisco technologies, MPLS, LAN/WAN design, BGP, VoIP, and protocol analysis are highly desirable... * Provides integration and interaction of all supported systems including Cisco...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Network Engineer, 2nd Line Support, LAN Engineer, Support EngineerA Large IT Service Provider is looking for a Level 2 LAN Support Engineer to work on a customer site...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £31000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
You will utilise your Checkpoint and Cisco Network expertise to provide support, maintenance, development and upgrades to a variety of network systems; particularly Checkpoint Firewalls, Email gateways, Web...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Network EngineerA Network Engineer is required by our client a Global Business Systems and Services company.
eChoice Consulting
Salary: £20k - 25k per year + bonus and on call
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will be responsible for: - The internal network - Troubleshooting and diagnosing issues - Supporting the Systems Administrators with complex network faults/upgrades To apply for this role you must...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 27,000 - 30,000
Posted: 23 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Cisco Design Network Engineer - Must be CCNP or CCIP based in or around Leeds covering Cisco Design and Implementation - Cisco Switches, Routers, WAN, LAN, Protocols TCP/IP, OSPF,...
Stott & May
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + Bonus + Car Alllowance + Bens.
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Cisco CCNA or Juniper JNCIA-M or equivalent - Routing exp with at least 2 of the protocols (OSPF/RIP/BGP/MPLS - Experience with network projects, troubleshooting, planning & installation.
Araya Partners Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £70,000 per annum Salary plus bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You must have extensive experience in developing the existing infrastructure you are working, ensuring the network is ruining as efficiently as possible, maintaining the security of the network...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Candidates who have experience of working in a scientific, research or higher education environment are highly desirable.Cisco Network Analyst Role*Support the design, implementation, operation, sustainability and...
Sand Resources
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Skills and qualification requirements Cisco Catalyst, VSS, MPLS, Nexus, Routers, Switches and ASA’s. Citrix Netscaler load balancing. DMVPN and VPN. WAN and LAN. CCNP certification or higher.
The SLR Group
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 23 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leicestershire
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
You will contribute as a technical resource to their project roadmap, both as a technical lead and with planning / network design. This role is suitable for a Network...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Inspire People is seeking a CCNP/CCDP/CCIP or equivalent certified Network Analyst on behalf a new biomedical research Institute to support the design, implementation, operation, sustainability and...
Inspire People
Salary: £50000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Main responsibilities will be: Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum + Health + Pension + 20%Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Main responsibilities will be: Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Health + Pension + 20%
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Our client is a managed service provider with multiple offices around the United Kingdom. Due to rapid growth in the team and an internal promotion they are currently...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Westerham, Kent
ADSL, with newer Technology such as fibre, bonded Ethernet and satellite... Current CCNA/CCNP certification. Demonstrable knowledge of Cisco switches and routers... Network and Equipment management: VLAN/VPN...
Onwave UK Ltd
Salary: £Neg
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
My South Birmingham based client is seeking a Senior Network / Checkpoint Firewall Engineer to join their growing business and IT team, supporting business IT Operations to a first...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, South East
Major Technology Consulting firm is looking for a highly experienced Cisco Network Engineer specialising in Cisco devices to join their Guildford based, UK Network Infrastructure Team, that has...
Hudson
Salary: £32000 - £50000 per annum + Package
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions basic BGP; HSRP and...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Health, Pension, 20% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013