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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 43 47 31
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -16
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 1 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 0.455% 0.364% 1.990%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.030% 3.333% 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £30,000 £65,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-53.84% +4.00%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
33 30 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 15.00% 10.91% 19.40%
Number of salaries quoted 32 27 34
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
West Midlands

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) PPP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Netcool
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DSL
1 1 (100.00%) X.21
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) PPP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DSL
1 1 (100.00%) X.21
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) NOC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
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