MPLS Jobs in the South West

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England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 236 274
Rank change year-on-year -27 +38 -20
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 26 35 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.09% 2.65% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 23 26 28
10th Percentile £41,500 £23,500 £33,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £49,375
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +6.33% +9.72%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £56,500
90th Percentile - £62,250 £57,175
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year -9.09% -7.54% +13.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,244 1,319 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.58% 19.10% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 930 564 704
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
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 South West

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the South West.

Salary trend for MPLS in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Gloucestershire -17 14 £50,000 +2.56% 4
Devon - 7 £45,000 - 2
Bristol -3 2 £42,500 +70.00% 1
Somerset - 2 £55,000 -
Dorset -29 1 £45,000 -14.29%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (19.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (53.85%) BGP
1 14 (53.85%) WAN
2 11 (42.31%) SD-WAN
3 10 (38.46%) Firewall
3 10 (38.46%) LAN
4 9 (34.62%) WLAN
5 8 (30.77%) OSPF
6 7 (26.92%) VLAN
6 7 (26.92%) VPLS
7 6 (23.08%) Network Security
7 6 (23.08%) Wireless
8 5 (19.23%) Ethernet
8 5 (19.23%) GSM
8 5 (19.23%) NetScaler
8 5 (19.23%) PABX
8 5 (19.23%) VPN
8 5 (19.23%) VSAT
8 5 (19.23%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (15.38%) DWDM
9 4 (15.38%) SDH
General
1 3 (11.54%) Military
1 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
1 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Network Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Network Operations Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Operations Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Senior
2 4 (15.38%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Support
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) IT Support
4 2 (7.69%) Lead
4 2 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 2 (7.69%) Driving Licence
1 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.85%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
1 5 (19.23%) Windows Server
2 3 (11.54%) Linux
3 2 (7.69%) Solaris
3 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
2 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
2 5 (19.23%) Network Management
3 3 (11.54%) Analytics
3 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
3 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
3 3 (11.54%) Network Optimisation
4 2 (7.69%) CRM
4 2 (7.69%) ERP
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (7.69%) IT Strategy
4 2 (7.69%) Load Balancing
4 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
4 2 (7.69%) Project Management
5 1 (3.85%) Biotechnology
5 1 (3.85%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (3.85%) Network Architecture
5 1 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Bash
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (38.46%) CCNA
3 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
4 5 (19.23%) CCNP
5 4 (15.38%) CCDP
5 4 (15.38%) CCIE
6 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (11.54%) Degree
7 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.85%) HNC
7 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Nagios
1 5 (19.23%) OfficeScan
1 5 (19.23%) WSUS
2 3 (11.54%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Cisco
2 9 (34.62%) Fortinet
3 7 (26.92%) CheckPoint
3 7 (26.92%) Juniper
3 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
4 6 (23.08%) Meraki
5 5 (19.23%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 5 (19.23%) Centreon
6 2 (7.69%) Dell
6 2 (7.69%) F5
6 2 (7.69%) Google
6 2 (7.69%) VMware
7 1 (3.85%) Citrix
7 1 (3.85%) HP
7 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto