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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 67 80 80
Rank change year-on-year
+13 0
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 10 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.138% 0.499% 0.459%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.752% 2.415% 2.577%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 5
Average salary £37,250 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.35% +3.65%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
129 207 194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 14.68% 20.64% 17.80%
Number of salaries quoted 120 170 187
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £21,000 £24,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
South West

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region 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
Swindon +5 3 £37,000 -38.33%
MPLS
South West

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 39 (82.98%) VPN
1 39 (82.98%) Firewall
2 31 (65.96%) WAN
3 29 (61.70%) Cisco
4 27 (57.45%) LAN
5 26 (55.32%) Juniper
6 25 (53.19%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (46.81%) Windows
8 21 (44.68%) Active Directory
9 20 (42.55%) IP Telephony
10 19 (40.43%) Wireless
10 19 (40.43%) CCNA
10 19 (40.43%) MS Exchange
10 19 (40.43%) Windows Server 2003
11 18 (38.30%) McAfee
11 18 (38.30%) Avaya
11 18 (38.30%) Video Conferencing
12 17 (36.17%) SonicWALL
12 17 (36.17%) Polycom
12 17 (36.17%) VLAN
12 17 (36.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (36.17%) MCSE
13 16 (34.04%) Microsoft
13 16 (34.04%) Windows Server 2008
13 16 (34.04%) VMware
14 15 (31.91%) Exchange Server 2010
15 14 (29.79%) SAN
16 12 (25.53%) SCCM
16 12 (25.53%) vSphere
17 11 (23.40%) NAS

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 19 (40.43%) MS Exchange
2 15 (31.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (12.77%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (10.64%) IIS
5 3 (6.383%) Lync
5 3 (6.383%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (4.255%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (8.511%) MS Office
2 3 (6.383%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.255%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 39 (82.98%) VPN
1 39 (82.98%) Firewall
2 31 (65.96%) WAN
3 27 (57.45%) LAN
4 20 (42.55%) IP Telephony
5 19 (40.43%) Wireless
6 17 (36.17%) VLAN
7 14 (29.79%) SAN
8 11 (23.40%) NAS
8 11 (23.40%) TCP/IP
9 8 (17.02%) VoIP
9 8 (17.02%) BGP
9 8 (17.02%) OSPF
10 6 (12.77%) Internet
10 6 (12.77%) WLAN
11 5 (10.64%) Network Security
11 5 (10.64%) DSL
12 4 (8.511%) IPv6
12 4 (8.511%) DNS
12 4 (8.511%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.40%) SQL Server
2 9 (19.15%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (19.15%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 8 (17.02%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.128%) Financial Institution
2 1 (2.128%) Finance
2 1 (2.128%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.128%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (72.34%) Analyst
2 30 (63.83%) Technical Analyst
3 13 (27.66%) Network Analyst
4 8 (17.02%) Server Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Architect
6 4 (8.511%) Technical Architect
6 4 (8.511%) Consultant
6 4 (8.511%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) Senior Technical Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 3 (6.383%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.383%) Windows Technical Consultant
7 3 (6.383%) Senior Windows Technical Consultant
7 3 (6.383%) Cisco Network Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) Cisco Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (6.383%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (38.30%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (12.77%) Clustering
3 3 (6.383%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.383%) Replication
4 2 (4.255%) Thin Client
4 2 (4.255%) Blackberry
4 2 (4.255%) Fat Client
4 2 (4.255%) Cryptography
4 2 (4.255%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 22 (46.81%) Windows
2 19 (40.43%) Windows Server 2003
3 16 (34.04%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (6.383%) UNIX
4 3 (6.383%) Linux
5 2 (4.255%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Service Delivery
2 5 (10.64%) Problem Management
3 3 (6.383%) Migration
3 3 (6.383%) Load Balancing
3 3 (6.383%) Project Management
4 2 (4.255%) BCP
4 2 (4.255%) ITIL
4 2 (4.255%) Performance Management
4 2 (4.255%) Network Design
4 2 (4.255%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (4.255%) Business Continuity
4 2 (4.255%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (4.255%) ITSM
4 2 (4.255%) Service Management
4 2 (4.255%) Network Management
5 1 (2.128%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.128%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.383%) SQL
2 1 (2.128%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (53.19%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (40.43%) CCNA
3 17 (36.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (36.17%) MCSE
4 8 (17.02%) CCNP
5 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
5 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
6 4 (8.511%) JNCIS
7 3 (6.383%) CCIE
7 3 (6.383%) CCIP
8 1 (2.128%) CCSP
System Software
1 21 (44.68%) Active Directory
2 12 (25.53%) vSphere
3 7 (14.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (8.511%) Hyper-V
5 3 (6.383%) VMware ESX
6 2 (4.255%) NFS
6 2 (4.255%) Xen
6 2 (4.255%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 12 (25.53%) SCCM
2 2 (4.255%) WSUS
2 2 (4.255%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 29 (61.70%) Cisco
2 26 (55.32%) Juniper
3 18 (38.30%) McAfee
3 18 (38.30%) Avaya
4 17 (36.17%) SonicWALL
4 17 (36.17%) Polycom
5 16 (34.04%) Microsoft
5 16 (34.04%) VMware
6 11 (23.40%) HP
7 6 (12.77%) CheckPoint
8 4 (8.511%) Citrix
9 2 (4.255%) NetApp
9 2 (4.255%) Nokia
9 2 (4.255%) Oracle
9 2 (4.255%) Nortel
9 2 (4.255%) SolarWinds
10 1 (2.128%) Tandberg
Wiltshire
Network Engineer (Cisco/IP Telephony/MPLS) Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester. A leading organisation in the Wiltshire area requires a Technical Network Analyst/...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Knowledge of at least one of the following: UNIX/LINUX/Windows operating system * Good knowledge of SAN, NAS & ISCSI technologies (Preferably NetApp) * Good knowledge of storage technologies (preferably...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Car, Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
So seeking applicants with the following: * Good technical architecture experience as well as pre-sales experience * Very good knowledge of at least one of the following: UNIX/LINUX/...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + car, bonus, benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013