MPLS Jobs in the North West

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England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 237 276 291
Rank change year-on-year +39 +15 -89
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 53 30 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.55% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.64% 1.87% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 48 20 43
10th Percentile - £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,188 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +2.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £48,250 £78,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,625 £82,500 £76,500
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
North 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 North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,143 1,607 1,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.78% 20.30% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 874 674 736
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £46,127
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +1.89% +2.50%
75th Percentile £62,188 £58,563 £59,787
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £72,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for MPLS in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for MPLS in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the North 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
Manchester +51 40 £40,000 -11.11% 3
Merseyside +7 9 £62,500 -20.63%
Lancashire - 4 £42,500 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (3.77%) Azure
1 2 (3.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 48 (90.57%) BGP
2 43 (81.13%) OSPF
2 43 (81.13%) WAN
3 39 (73.58%) LAN
4 37 (69.81%) Wi-Fi
5 31 (58.49%) Ethernet
6 30 (56.60%) TCP/IP
7 29 (54.72%) Wireless
8 25 (47.17%) DHCP
8 25 (47.17%) DSL
8 25 (47.17%) Internet
9 15 (28.30%) Firewall
10 10 (18.87%) VPN
11 9 (16.98%) SD-WAN
12 8 (15.09%) NGN
13 7 (13.21%) Network Security
14 6 (11.32%) IPsec
15 5 (9.43%) DNS
15 5 (9.43%) SSL
15 5 (9.43%) VLAN
General
1 9 (16.98%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Law
4 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (77.36%) Network Engineer
2 22 (41.51%) IP Engineer
3 19 (35.85%) IP Network Engineer
4 13 (24.53%) Cisco Engineer
4 13 (24.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 13 (24.53%) Juniper Engineer
5 12 (22.64%) Network Support
6 6 (11.32%) Network Support Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Support Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) Senior
8 3 (5.66%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Presales Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Presales Network Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Senior IP Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Senior Network Engineer
10 1 (1.89%) Lead
10 1 (1.89%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.66%) PKI
3 1 (1.89%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.85%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (58.49%) Customer Service
2 4 (7.55%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (5.66%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (5.66%) Presales
3 3 (5.66%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (5.66%) Reverse Engineering
3 3 (5.66%) Web Filtering
4 2 (3.77%) Change Control
4 2 (3.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (3.77%) Network Management
5 1 (1.89%) Coaching
5 1 (1.89%) DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Mentoring
5 1 (1.89%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 38 (71.70%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (56.60%) CCNA
3 25 (47.17%) JNCIA
4 13 (24.53%) CCNP
5 9 (16.98%) JNCIP
6 6 (11.32%) CCDP
7 3 (5.66%) JNCIE
7 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 46 (86.79%) Cisco
2 39 (73.58%) Fortinet
3 36 (67.92%) Juniper
4 34 (64.15%) Nokia
5 25 (47.17%) Ruckus Wireless
6 19 (35.85%) Vyatta
7 6 (11.32%) HP
7 6 (11.32%) Meraki
7 6 (11.32%) SolarWinds
7 6 (11.32%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (7.55%) Aruba
8 4 (7.55%) Dell
9 2 (3.77%) Aerohive Networks
9 2 (3.77%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
9 2 (3.77%) NETGEAR
9 2 (3.77%) Palo Alto
9 2 (3.77%) VMware