MPLS Jobs in Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for MPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) North West / Manchester
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	151	147	166
Rank change year-on-year	-4	+19
Permanent jobs citing MPLS	56	43	23
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester	1.34%	1.23%	0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	8.87%	8.19%	4.57%
Number of salaries quoted	47	39	21
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£41,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£26,000	£28,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£68,000	£100,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	-	-5.26%

MPLS is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Communications & Computer Network Skills Manchester
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	631	525	503
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester	15.07%	14.96%	15.00%
Number of salaries quoted	536	461	425
Median salary	£42,500	£39,000	£36,250
Median salary % change year-on-year	+8.97%	+7.58%
90% offered a salary of more than	£24,000	£25,000	£22,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£55,300	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,500

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Manchester citing MPLS as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Communications & Networking category.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in Manchester

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Salary Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MPLS in Manchester.

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Salary Histogram in Manchester

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing MPLS in Manchester over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

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Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Rochdale	+1	7	£40,000	+48.14%	1
Bolton	-	6	£35,000	-
Salford	-	4	£25,000	-
Oldham	-	1	£37,500	-
MPLS North West

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing MPLS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for MPLS.

1	66 (65.35%)	Firewall
2	60 (59.41%)	Juniper
2	60 (59.41%)	Cisco
3	51 (50.50%)	Cisco Certification
4	50 (49.50%)	Network Design
5	48 (47.52%)	CCNP
6	46 (45.54%)	Active Directory
7	45 (44.55%)	DNS
8	40 (39.60%)	BGP
9	39 (38.61%)	Network Security
10	33 (32.67%)	CheckPoint
11	32 (31.68%)	LAN
11	32 (31.68%)	Cybersecurity
12	31 (30.69%)	Internet
12	31 (30.69%)	JNCIP

12	31 (30.69%)	Change Management
13	29 (28.71%)	TCP/IP
13	29 (28.71%)	Junos
14	28 (27.72%)	Ethernet
14	28 (27.72%)	VLAN
15	27 (26.73%)	WAN
15	27 (26.73%)	DHCP
15	27 (26.73%)	ITIL
15	27 (26.73%)	Palo Alto
16	25 (24.75%)	Windows Server
16	25 (24.75%)	Broadband
16	25 (24.75%)	Windows
17	24 (23.76%)	Penetration Testing
17	24 (23.76%)	Blue Coat
17	24 (23.76%)	ProxySG

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	4 (3.96%)	Exchange Server 2010
1	4 (3.96%)	MS Exchange
2	3 (2.97%)	Exchange Server 2013
3	1 (0.99%)	Skype for Business

Applications
1	1 (0.99%)	Microsoft Office
1	1 (0.99%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	1 (0.99%)	Veritas eDiscovery

Cloud Services
1	5 (4.95%)	SaaS
2	2 (1.98%)	Amazon AWS
2	2 (1.98%)	Microsoft Azure
3	1 (0.99%)	Amazon EC2
3	1 (0.99%)	Amazon S3
3	1 (0.99%)	Google Cloud Platform
3	1 (0.99%)	IaaS
3	1 (0.99%)	PaaS
3	1 (0.99%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	66 (65.35%)	Firewall
2	45 (44.55%)	DNS
3	40 (39.60%)	BGP
4	39 (38.61%)	Network Security
5	32 (31.68%)	LAN
6	31 (30.69%)	Internet
7	29 (28.71%)	Junos
7	29 (28.71%)	TCP/IP
8	28 (27.72%)	Ethernet
8	28 (27.72%)	VLAN
9	27 (26.73%)	DHCP
9	27 (26.73%)	WAN
10	25 (24.75%)	Broadband
11	23 (22.77%)	OSPF
12	20 (19.80%)	VPN
13	17 (16.83%)	TACACS
14	15 (14.85%)	Wi-Fi
15	13 (12.87%)	Wireless
16	11 (10.89%)	Cisco IOS
16	11 (10.89%)	IPv6

Database & Business Intelligence
1	4 (3.96%)	QlikView
2	1 (0.99%)	Amazon RDS
2	1 (0.99%)	SQL Server

Development Applications
1	1 (0.99%)	Git (software)
1	1 (0.99%)	TeamCity

General
1	17 (16.83%)	Telecoms
2	16 (15.84%)	Legal
3	9 (8.91%)	Finance
4	6 (5.94%)	Law
5	2 (1.98%)	Games

Job Titles
1	66 (65.35%)	Network Engineer
2	22 (21.78%)	Network Security Engineer
2	22 (21.78%)	Security Engineer
3	19 (18.81%)	Cisco Engineer
4	12 (11.88%)	IP Engineer
5	10 (9.90%)	Cisco Network Engineer
5	10 (9.90%)	IP Network Engineer
5	10 (9.90%)	Juniper Engineer
5	10 (9.90%)	Operations Engineer
6	6 (5.94%)	Firewall Engineer
7	5 (4.95%)	Design Engineer
7	5 (4.95%)	Designer
7	5 (4.95%)	Implementation Engineer
7	5 (4.95%)	IP Design Engineer
7	5 (4.95%)	IP Security Engineer
7	5 (4.95%)	Network Design Engineer
7	5 (4.95%)	Network Design Specialist
7	5 (4.95%)	Network Designer
7	5 (4.95%)	Network Specialist
7	5 (4.95%)	Senior Network Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	7 (6.93%)	802.1X

Miscellaneous
1	13 (12.87%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
2	12 (11.88%)	Data Centre
3	11 (10.89%)	Analytical Skills
4	3 (2.97%)	Greenfield Project
5	2 (1.98%)	Driving Licence
5	2 (1.98%)	Enterprise Software

Operating Systems
1	25 (24.75%)	Windows
1	25 (24.75%)	Windows Server
2	15 (14.85%)	Unix
3	8 (7.92%)	Linux
4	1 (0.99%)	Kali Linux
4	1 (0.99%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	50 (49.50%)	Network Design
2	32 (31.68%)	Cybersecurity
3	31 (30.69%)	Change Management
4	27 (26.73%)	ITIL
5	24 (23.76%)	Penetration Testing
5	24 (23.76%)	Vulnerability Scanning
6	23 (22.77%)	SIEM
7	19 (18.81%)	Network Management
8	10 (9.90%)	Configuration Management
8	10 (9.90%)	Mentoring
9	9 (8.91%)	Kalman Filter
10	7 (6.93%)	Network Monitoring
11	6 (5.94%)	High Availability
11	6 (5.94%)	Service Delivery
12	5 (4.95%)	Migration
12	5 (4.95%)	Network Planning
12	5 (4.95%)	Presales
12	5 (4.95%)	Web Filtering
13	4 (3.96%)	Coaching
13	4 (3.96%)	Mathematics

Programming Languages
1	5 (4.95%)	C
2	4 (3.96%)	MATLAB
3	1 (0.99%)	C#
3	1 (0.99%)	C++
3	1 (0.99%)	Go
3	1 (0.99%)	Java
3	1 (0.99%)	Python
3	1 (0.99%)	SQL

Qualifications
1	51 (50.50%)	Cisco Certification
2	48 (47.52%)	CCNP
3	31 (30.69%)	JNCIP
4	11 (10.89%)	Degree
5	9 (8.91%)	CCNA
6	6 (5.94%)	CCIE
6	6 (5.94%)	CCIE Routing and Switching
7	2 (1.98%)	CCNP Voice
7	2 (1.98%)	CCSA
8	1 (0.99%)	ITIL Certification
8	1 (0.99%)	MCSE
8	1 (0.99%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	17 (16.83%)	PCI DSS
2	5 (4.95%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	5 (4.95%)	SLA

System Software
1	46 (45.54%)	Active Directory
2	24 (23.76%)	ProxySG
3	3 (2.97%)	VMware ESXi
3	3 (2.97%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	3 (2.97%)	vSphere
4	1 (0.99%)	Hyper-V

Systems Management
1	15 (14.85%)	Cacti
1	15 (14.85%)	Nagios
1	15 (14.85%)	OpenNMS
2	10 (9.90%)	Puppet
2	10 (9.90%)	RANCID
2	10 (9.90%)	SCCM
3	5 (4.95%)	FortiGate
3	5 (4.95%)	SolarWinds Orion
4	4 (3.96%)	OPNET
5	3 (2.97%)	vCenter Server
5	3 (2.97%)	WSUS
6	1 (0.99%)	Ansible
6	1 (0.99%)	Cisco CUCM
6	1 (0.99%)	Nessus
6	1 (0.99%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault

Vendors
1	60 (59.41%)	Cisco
1	60 (59.41%)	Juniper
2	33 (32.67%)	CheckPoint
3	27 (26.73%)	Palo Alto
4	24 (23.76%)	Blue Coat
5	15 (14.85%)	Ericsson
6	13 (12.87%)	Huawei
7	9 (8.91%)	F5
7	9 (8.91%)	Fortinet
8	6 (5.94%)	HP
8	6 (5.94%)	Microsoft
9	5 (4.95%)	BT
9	5 (4.95%)	SolarWinds
10	4 (3.96%)	VMware
11	3 (2.97%)	Brocade
11	3 (2.97%)	Foundry
11	3 (2.97%)	Meraki
11	3 (2.97%)	NetApp
11	3 (2.97%)	Nimble Storage
12	2 (1.98%)	Draytek