MPLS Job Trends in Staffordshire

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring MPLS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 0.15% - 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.38% - 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £44,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.09%
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £59,000 £51,250 £77,500
% change year-on-year +15.12% -33.87% +30.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 42 105 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 6.17% 11.96% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 26 73 92
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £41,000 £53,000 £45,375
90th Percentile £49,375 £57,000 £58,250
West Midlands median annual salary £39,000 £47,500 £44,500
% change year-on-year -17.89% +6.74% -11.00%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in Staffordshire

MPLS
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing MPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing MPLS

MPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) PSTN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) VMware