MPLS Jobs in the North of England

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England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MPLS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 335 342
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 -115
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 72 100 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.58% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.32% 3.16% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 63 62 103
10th Percentile - £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,563 £35,492
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,875 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

MPLS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,166 3,168 2,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.39% 18.37% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,257 1,688
10th Percentile £25,888 £26,000 £26,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £60,938 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,706 £73,675
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the North of England.

Salary trend for MPLS in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +26 52 £41,250 -15.38% 4
Yorkshire +47 26 £60,000 +33.33% 8
North East -14 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.67%) Azure
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.17%) IaaS
3 2 (2.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (2.78%) PaaS
3 2 (2.78%) SaaS
4 1 (1.39%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (86.11%) BGP
2 54 (75.00%) OSPF
2 54 (75.00%) WAN
3 42 (58.33%) LAN
4 40 (55.56%) TCP/IP
5 38 (52.78%) Wi-Fi
6 34 (47.22%) Wireless
7 30 (41.67%) Ethernet
8 29 (40.28%) Firewall
9 24 (33.33%) DHCP
9 24 (33.33%) DSL
9 24 (33.33%) Internet
10 17 (23.61%) SD-WAN
11 16 (22.22%) VPN
12 8 (11.11%) NGN
13 7 (9.72%) Network Security
14 6 (8.33%) IPsec
14 6 (8.33%) VLAN
15 5 (6.94%) DNS
15 5 (6.94%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 10 (13.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.78%) Law
4 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (63.89%) Network Engineer
2 25 (34.72%) IP Engineer
3 18 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
4 17 (23.61%) Juniper Engineer
5 14 (19.44%) Cisco Engineer
5 14 (19.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 11 (15.28%) Network Support
7 7 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.94%) Network Support Engineer
8 5 (6.94%) Senior
8 5 (6.94%) Support Engineer
9 4 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (5.56%) Design Engineer
9 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
9 4 (5.56%) IP Design Engineer
9 4 (5.56%) Project Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Firewall Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) IT Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Presales Network Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Senior IP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Clustering
2 4 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.17%) PKI
4 2 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (25.00%) VyOS
2 5 (6.94%) Windows
2 5 (6.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 7 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (6.94%) High Availability
3 5 (6.94%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (5.56%) Data Analysis
4 4 (5.56%) ITSM
4 4 (5.56%) Network Design
4 4 (5.56%) Project Delivery
5 3 (4.17%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (4.17%) Line Management
5 3 (4.17%) Migration
5 3 (4.17%) Network Management
5 3 (4.17%) Presales
5 3 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (4.17%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 3 (4.17%) Reverse Engineering
5 3 (4.17%) Service Delivery
5 3 (4.17%) Time Management
5 3 (4.17%) Web Filtering
6 2 (2.78%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.17%) Python
3 2 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (56.94%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (45.83%) CCNA
3 24 (33.33%) JNCIA
4 13 (18.06%) CCNP
4 13 (18.06%) JNCIP
5 7 (9.72%) JNCIE
6 6 (8.33%) CCDP
7 3 (4.17%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 9 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 7 (9.72%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.56%) vCloud
4 2 (2.78%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (9.72%) Failover Clustering
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.17%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.78%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.78%) WSUS
5 1 (1.39%) Ansible
5 1 (1.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 51 (70.83%) Cisco
2 40 (55.56%) Fortinet
3 39 (54.17%) Juniper
4 37 (51.39%) Nokia
5 24 (33.33%) Ruckus Wireless
6 18 (25.00%) Vyatta
7 11 (15.28%) Microsoft
8 10 (13.89%) VMware
9 9 (12.50%) Ubiquiti
10 7 (9.72%) Meraki
10 7 (9.72%) SolarWinds
11 6 (8.33%) HP
12 4 (5.56%) Aruba
12 4 (5.56%) Dell
13 3 (4.17%) Draytek
14 2 (2.78%) Aerohive Networks
14 2 (2.78%) Barracuda Networks
14 2 (2.78%) NETGEAR
14 2 (2.78%) Palo Alto
14 2 (2.78%) Remedy