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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 137 140 104
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -36
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 35 26 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.963% 0.810% 1.587%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.072% 4.851% 8.205%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 41
Average salary £31,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £26,400 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,600 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
690 536 585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.99% 16.70% 19.34%
Number of salaries quoted 555 428 492
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
Yorkshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPLS across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leeds +6 32 £31,000 -31.11%
Bradford +11 2 £33,750 +12.50%
MPLS
Yorkshire

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 65 (94.20%) Cisco
2 51 (73.91%) WAN
3 50 (72.46%) Firewall
4 47 (68.12%) VPN
5 42 (60.87%) Juniper
6 39 (56.52%) LAN
7 38 (55.07%) BGP
8 37 (53.62%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (52.17%) CheckPoint
10 32 (46.38%) Cisco ASA
11 27 (39.13%) CCSP
12 25 (36.23%) CCNP
13 23 (33.33%) OSPF
13 23 (33.33%) Wireless
14 22 (31.88%) Network Security
15 20 (28.99%) VLAN
16 19 (27.54%) Telecoms
17 18 (26.09%) VoIP
17 18 (26.09%) Cisco Nexus
18 17 (24.64%) Cisco PIX
19 15 (21.74%) FWSM
19 15 (21.74%) ITIL
20 14 (20.29%) Avaya
21 13 (18.84%) Network Design
21 13 (18.84%) Brocade
21 13 (18.84%) Security Cleared
22 12 (17.39%) PKI
22 12 (17.39%) VMware
22 12 (17.39%) DMZ
22 12 (17.39%) EIGRP

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 4 (5.797%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (5.797%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (5.797%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 4 (5.797%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.797%) Google Apps
2 3 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 51 (73.91%) WAN
2 50 (72.46%) Firewall
3 47 (68.12%) VPN
4 39 (56.52%) LAN
5 38 (55.07%) BGP
6 32 (46.38%) Cisco ASA
7 23 (33.33%) OSPF
7 23 (33.33%) Wireless
8 22 (31.88%) Network Security
9 20 (28.99%) VLAN
10 18 (26.09%) VoIP
10 18 (26.09%) Cisco Nexus
11 17 (24.64%) Cisco PIX
12 15 (21.74%) FWSM
13 12 (17.39%) DMZ
13 12 (17.39%) EIGRP
14 8 (11.59%) Internet
15 5 (7.246%) TCP/IP
15 5 (7.246%) Ethernet
15 5 (7.246%) DSL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.797%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (27.54%) Telecoms
2 6 (8.696%) Finance
3 1 (1.449%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (37.68%) Network Engineer
2 14 (20.29%) Architect
2 14 (20.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 9 (13.04%) Analyst
3 9 (13.04%) Network Analyst
3 9 (13.04%) Security Engineer
4 8 (11.59%) Security Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Network Security Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (10.14%) Network Security Engineer
6 6 (8.696%) Data Centre Architect
6 6 (8.696%) Data Architect
7 4 (5.797%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 4 (5.797%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (5.797%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (5.797%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (5.797%) Infrastructure Architect
7 4 (5.797%) IT Administrator
7 4 (5.797%) Technical Support
7 4 (5.797%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) PKI
2 4 (5.797%) Fat Client
2 4 (5.797%) Blackberry
2 4 (5.797%) Thin Client
3 2 (2.899%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.39%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (11.59%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (5.797%) Windows XP
3 4 (5.797%) Windows 8
4 2 (2.899%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) ITIL
2 13 (18.84%) Network Design
3 8 (11.59%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (11.59%) E-Commerce
4 6 (8.696%) Load Balancing
4 6 (8.696%) Service Management
4 6 (8.696%) Project Management
4 6 (8.696%) PRINCE2
5 5 (7.246%) Matrix Management
5 5 (7.246%) Problem Management
5 5 (7.246%) Network Management
6 4 (5.797%) ERP
6 4 (5.797%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (4.348%) Cyber Security
7 3 (4.348%) Data Security
7 3 (4.348%) Incident Management
7 3 (4.348%) Change Control
8 2 (2.899%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.899%) B2B
9 1 (1.449%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.797%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (53.62%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (39.13%) CCSP
3 25 (36.23%) CCNP
4 13 (18.84%) Security Cleared
5 11 (15.94%) CCIE
5 11 (15.94%) CCNA
6 7 (10.14%) CCDE
7 6 (8.696%) CCSA
8 2 (2.899%) CCIP
8 2 (2.899%) CCDP
8 2 (2.899%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.449%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.696%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.899%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (2.899%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Forefront TMG
1 8 (11.59%) UAG
1 8 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (11.59%) Terminal Services
1 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.797%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (5.797%) vSphere
2 4 (5.797%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.797%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (5.797%) SCCM
2 2 (2.899%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (2.899%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 65 (94.20%) Cisco
2 42 (60.87%) Juniper
3 36 (52.17%) CheckPoint
4 14 (20.29%) Avaya
5 13 (18.84%) Brocade
6 12 (17.39%) VMware
7 10 (14.49%) HP
7 10 (14.49%) Nortel
8 9 (13.04%) F5
9 8 (11.59%) Citrix
10 7 (10.14%) Riverbed
11 6 (8.696%) ProCurve
12 5 (7.246%) BT
13 4 (5.797%) NETGEAR
13 4 (5.797%) Google
13 4 (5.797%) EMC
14 3 (4.348%) Microsoft
15 2 (2.899%) SolarWinds
15 2 (2.899%) Infoblox
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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...
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Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 21 May 2013