MPLS Jobs in the South West

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring MPLS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MPLS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 261 243
Rank change year-on-year +106 -18 +39
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 25 26 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 0.28% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.61% 2.07% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 12 23 26
10th Percentile - £41,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.56% -7.62% +6.33%
75th Percentile £60,625 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,625 - £62,250
England median annual salary £64,800 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +29.60% -9.09% -7.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

MPLS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 446 1,257 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.80% 13.63% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 313 937 564
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +7.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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
Dorset +60 17 £50,000 +11.11%
Bristol +66 5 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Gloucestershire +58 2 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Wiltshire - 1 £55,000 - 2
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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) AWS
2 3 (12.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (12.00%) IaaS
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) SaaS
3 2 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 23 (92.00%) Firewall
2 15 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (56.00%) VPN
4 11 (44.00%) VoIP
5 10 (40.00%) SAN
5 10 (40.00%) VLAN
6 9 (36.00%) Network Security
7 7 (28.00%) DHCP
7 7 (28.00%) DNS
7 7 (28.00%) LAN
7 7 (28.00%) PBX
7 7 (28.00%) VPLS
7 7 (28.00%) WAN
8 6 (24.00%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (24.00%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (24.00%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (20.00%) SD-WAN
10 4 (16.00%) BGP
10 4 (16.00%) OSPF
10 4 (16.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Legal
2 10 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Coordinator
1 10 (40.00%) Help Desk Coordinator
2 9 (36.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) VoIP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) CCTV
1 10 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
1 13 (52.00%) Windows 10
2 10 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.00%) Linux
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (40.00%) ERP
2 10 (40.00%) Time Management
2 10 (40.00%) Virtual Environments
3 5 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 4 (16.00%) Architectural Design
4 4 (16.00%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (12.00%) ITIL
5 3 (12.00%) ITSM
5 3 (12.00%) Migration
5 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (12.00%) Service Management
5 3 (12.00%) Zero Trust
6 2 (8.00%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (8.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.00%) Network Architecture
6 2 (8.00%) Network Management
6 2 (8.00%) Performance Management
6 2 (8.00%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) SQL
2 8 (32.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (32.00%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (28.00%) CCNP
4 6 (24.00%) CCNA
4 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) CCIE
5 2 (8.00%) Degree
5 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (64.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (52.00%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (12.00%) vSphere
5 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) Ansible
2 1 (4.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
1 19 (76.00%) VMware
2 11 (44.00%) Cisco
3 10 (40.00%) SolarWinds
3 10 (40.00%) Veeam
4 9 (36.00%) Fortinet
5 7 (28.00%) Citrix
5 7 (28.00%) HP
6 5 (20.00%) CheckPoint
6 5 (20.00%) Meraki
7 4 (16.00%) Palo Alto
8 3 (12.00%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (12.00%) Zscaler
9 2 (8.00%) F5
9 2 (8.00%) Juniper
10 1 (4.00%) Avaya