The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT jobs advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 20 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 51 57 51
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -6
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 4 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 0.957% 0.485% 1.504%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.545% 3.333% 7.407%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
Average salary - - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -
All Communications & Networking
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
88 60 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 21.05% 14.56% 20.30%
Number of salaries quoted 32 29 61
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £31,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
MPLS
North Yorkshire

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 12 (100.00%) SAN
1 12 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 12 (100.00%) OSPF
1 12 (100.00%) BGP
1 12 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 12 (100.00%) Firewall
1 12 (100.00%) CCSA
1 12 (100.00%) Brocade
1 12 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 12 (100.00%) LAN
1 12 (100.00%) WAN
1 12 (100.00%) VPN
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
1 12 (100.00%) TippingPoint
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 12 (100.00%) NAS
1 12 (100.00%) Foundry
2 11 (91.67%) Network Security
3 10 (83.33%) Enterprise Storage
3 10 (83.33%) CCNA
3 10 (83.33%) Cisco Certification

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 12 (100.00%) LAN
1 12 (100.00%) WAN
1 12 (100.00%) VPN
1 12 (100.00%) SAN
1 12 (100.00%) OSPF
1 12 (100.00%) BGP
1 12 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 12 (100.00%) Firewall
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 12 (100.00%) NAS
2 11 (91.67%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 12 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 12 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) CCSA
2 10 (83.33%) CCNA
2 10 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
1 12 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 12 (100.00%) Brocade
1 12 (100.00%) TippingPoint
1 12 (100.00%) Foundry
York, Yorkshire
However, the following technologies and competencies would be an advantage: ~ Understanding of TCP/IP based Network products such as VPN, MPLS,VPLS. ~ Understanding of ITIL, ISO 20000 and...
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Posted: 15 May 2013