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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 161 171 140
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -31
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 52 45 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.953% 0.867% 1.167%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.797% 5.125% 6.534%
Number of salaries quoted 40 30 52
Average salary £42,500 £44,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.95% +10.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,150 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1084 878 903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 19.87% 16.91% 17.86%
Number of salaries quoted 828 685 770
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPLS
England

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire MPLS Salary Trend

MPLS
Salary Histogram

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

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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +4 35 £31,000 -17.33%
North Yorkshire 0 16 £57,000 +22.58%
South Yorkshire +12 3 £100,000 +122.22%
MPLS
England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 99 (96.12%) Cisco
2 78 (75.73%) Firewall
3 72 (69.90%) WAN
4 70 (67.96%) BGP
5 68 (66.02%) Cisco Certification
6 67 (65.05%) VPN
7 58 (56.31%) LAN
8 56 (54.37%) Juniper
8 56 (54.37%) CheckPoint
9 55 (53.40%) OSPF
10 52 (50.49%) Cisco ASA
11 41 (39.81%) Network Security
11 41 (39.81%) EIGRP
12 38 (36.89%) CCNP
13 36 (34.95%) Cisco PIX
14 30 (29.13%) Brocade
14 30 (29.13%) Telecoms
14 30 (29.13%) CCSP
15 27 (26.21%) CCNA
16 25 (24.27%) Wireless
17 24 (23.30%) Load Balancing
18 23 (22.33%) CCSA
19 21 (20.39%) SAN
20 20 (19.42%) VoIP
20 20 (19.42%) VLAN
20 20 (19.42%) Cisco Nexus
21 18 (17.48%) F5
21 18 (17.48%) FWSM
22 17 (16.50%) Foundry
22 17 (16.50%) NAS

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 11 (10.68%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (3.883%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (3.883%) MS Exchange
2 4 (3.883%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (1.942%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (3.883%) Google Apps
2 3 (2.913%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 78 (75.73%) Firewall
2 72 (69.90%) WAN
3 70 (67.96%) BGP
4 67 (65.05%) VPN
5 58 (56.31%) LAN
6 55 (53.40%) OSPF
7 52 (50.49%) Cisco ASA
8 41 (39.81%) Network Security
8 41 (39.81%) EIGRP
9 36 (34.95%) Cisco PIX
10 25 (24.27%) Wireless
11 21 (20.39%) SAN
12 20 (19.42%) VoIP
12 20 (19.42%) VLAN
12 20 (19.42%) Cisco Nexus
13 18 (17.48%) FWSM
14 17 (16.50%) NAS
15 15 (14.56%) TCP/IP
16 12 (11.65%) SSL
16 12 (11.65%) RIP
Development Applications
1 4 (3.883%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (29.13%) Telecoms
2 16 (15.53%) Finance
3 1 (0.971%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (47.57%) Network Engineer
2 22 (21.36%) Security Engineer
3 21 (20.39%) Senior Network Engineer
4 20 (19.42%) Network Security Engineer
5 17 (16.50%) Architect
6 11 (10.68%) Network Specialist
7 10 (9.709%) Network Analyst
7 10 (9.709%) Analyst
8 9 (8.738%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (8.738%) Security Analyst
8 9 (8.738%) Network Security Analyst
9 8 (7.767%) Data Centre Architect
9 8 (7.767%) Data Architect
10 7 (6.796%) Senior Network Specialist
11 4 (3.883%) Network Architect
11 4 (3.883%) Technical Support
11 4 (3.883%) Support Engineer
11 4 (3.883%) 3rd Line Support
11 4 (3.883%) Administrator
11 4 (3.883%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.53%) Enterprise Storage
2 12 (11.65%) PKI
3 4 (3.883%) Fat Client
3 4 (3.883%) Blackberry
3 4 (3.883%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.942%) SecurID
5 1 (0.971%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.65%) Windows
2 8 (7.767%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (7.767%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (3.883%) Windows XP
3 4 (3.883%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.942%) UNIX
4 2 (1.942%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.30%) Load Balancing
2 16 (15.53%) Network Design
3 15 (14.56%) ITIL
4 12 (11.65%) Network Management
5 10 (9.709%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (8.738%) E-Commerce
6 9 (8.738%) Capacity Planning
7 6 (5.825%) Service Management
7 6 (5.825%) Service Delivery
7 6 (5.825%) PRINCE2
7 6 (5.825%) Project Management
8 5 (4.854%) Problem Management
8 5 (4.854%) Matrix Management
9 4 (3.883%) Incident Management
9 4 (3.883%) ERP
9 4 (3.883%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (2.913%) Cyber Security
10 3 (2.913%) Change Control
10 3 (2.913%) Data Security
11 2 (1.942%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.883%) SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (66.02%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (36.89%) CCNP
3 30 (29.13%) CCSP
4 27 (26.21%) CCNA
5 23 (22.33%) CCSA
6 13 (12.62%) CCIE
6 13 (12.62%) Security Cleared
7 9 (8.738%) CCDE
8 2 (1.942%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.942%) CCDP
8 2 (1.942%) CCIP
9 1 (0.971%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.65%) SLA
2 6 (5.825%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.942%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (7.767%) Forefront TMG
1 8 (7.767%) UAG
1 8 (7.767%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (7.767%) Terminal Services
1 8 (7.767%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.883%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.883%) XenApp
2 4 (3.883%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (3.883%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (6.796%) OpenView
2 4 (3.883%) SCCM
3 2 (1.942%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (1.942%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 99 (96.12%) Cisco
2 56 (54.37%) Juniper
2 56 (54.37%) CheckPoint
3 30 (29.13%) Brocade
4 18 (17.48%) F5
5 17 (16.50%) Foundry
5 17 (16.50%) TippingPoint
5 17 (16.50%) HP
6 14 (13.59%) Avaya
7 12 (11.65%) VMware
8 10 (9.709%) Nortel
9 8 (7.767%) Citrix
10 7 (6.796%) Riverbed
11 6 (5.825%) ProCurve
12 5 (4.854%) BT
13 4 (3.883%) Google
13 4 (3.883%) EMC
13 4 (3.883%) NETGEAR
14 3 (2.913%) Microsoft
15 2 (1.942%) SolarWinds
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
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
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Network Engineer - Cisco / Checkpoint... CCNP/CCSP qualified... Strong knowledge of Cisco... Strong firewall experience, specifically Checkpoint. WAN/LAN Routing. Cisco Load Balancers. Understanding of MPLS Concepts... Cisco Call...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 21 May 2013
Harrogate, Yorkshire
Specifically fundamentals of SNMP and MIBs. HP Openview, BES and CW2000 knowledge advantageous.Must be familiar with using proactive and reactive network analysers and be able to decode...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Must have a strong working knowledge of the following protocols and technologies - ATM, Frame-Relay, MPLS, ADSL, GPRS, TCP/IP, SSL, TLS, ISDN and authentication Protocols... HP Openview,...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013