MPLS Jobs in the South West

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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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 260 231
Rank change year-on-year +107 -29 +56
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 28 26 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.80% 0.27% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.97% 2.08% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17 23 22
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -7.62% +2.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,250 £56,563
90th Percentile £63,000 £56,250 £63,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.95% -6.82% -8.33%

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 563 1,251 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.99% 12.81% 19.20%
Number of salaries quoted 338 937 527
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,800
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,043 £57,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £72,875 £71,440 £77,542
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -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 30 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 30 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 +59 17 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Gloucestershire +62 7 £53,750 +7.50% 7
Bristol +53 3 £60,000 +41.18% 3
Wiltshire - 1 £55,000 - 4
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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 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (35.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (17.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
2 3 (10.71%) IaaS
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (92.86%) Firewall
2 18 (64.29%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (60.71%) VPN
4 11 (39.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 11 (39.29%) VoIP
5 10 (35.71%) SAN
5 10 (35.71%) VLAN
5 10 (35.71%) WAN
6 7 (25.00%) DHCP
6 7 (25.00%) DNS
6 7 (25.00%) Network Security
6 7 (25.00%) PBX
6 7 (25.00%) VPLS
7 6 (21.43%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (21.43%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (17.86%) ADSL
8 5 (17.86%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (17.86%) LAN
8 5 (17.86%) LoRaWAN
8 5 (17.86%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Legal
2 10 (35.71%) Manufacturing
3 5 (17.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 10 (35.71%) Coordinator
2 10 (35.71%) Help Desk Coordinator
3 5 (17.86%) Presales Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Presales Network Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Cisco Design Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) VoIP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) CCTV
1 10 (35.71%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (17.86%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (46.43%) Windows
1 13 (46.43%) Windows 10
2 10 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.71%) Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (10.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) ERP
1 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (35.71%) Time Management
1 10 (35.71%) Virtual Environments
2 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 5 (17.86%) Identity Management
3 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
3 5 (17.86%) Network Design
3 5 (17.86%) Presales
3 5 (17.86%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (17.86%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 4 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (10.71%) ITIL
5 3 (10.71%) ITSM
5 3 (10.71%) Migration
5 3 (10.71%) Service Management
5 3 (10.71%) Zero Trust
6 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.57%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (46.43%) SQL
2 8 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (42.86%) CCNP
3 11 (39.29%) CCNA
4 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
6 5 (17.86%) CCDA
6 5 (17.86%) CCDP
7 2 (7.14%) CCIE
7 2 (7.14%) Degree
7 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 16 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (46.43%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
4 3 (10.71%) vSphere
5 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Ansible
2 5 (17.86%) CASB
2 5 (17.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (10.71%) Terraform
4 1 (3.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 19 (67.86%) VMware
3 14 (50.00%) Cisco
4 13 (46.43%) SolarWinds
5 12 (42.86%) Fortinet
6 10 (35.71%) Meraki
6 10 (35.71%) Veeam
7 8 (28.57%) Extreme Networks
8 7 (25.00%) Citrix
8 7 (25.00%) HP
8 7 (25.00%) Palo Alto
9 5 (17.86%) Aerohive Networks
9 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
9 5 (17.86%) Ekahau
9 5 (17.86%) Juniper
10 3 (10.71%) Zscaler
11 2 (7.14%) F5
12 1 (3.57%) Avaya