MPLS Jobs in Wales

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 126 136
Rank change year-on-year +29 +10 -21
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 10 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.52% 0.58% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.85% 3.52% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24,500 £23,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £24,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +71.11% -26.15% -23.53%
75th Percentile £45,780 £25,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £46,027 - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 206 284 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 10.68% 16.61% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 125 90 116
10th Percentile £24,500 £29,000 £29,620
25th Percentile £28,290 £31,888 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £40,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -12.09% +21.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,438 £61,000
90th Percentile £59,900 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in Wales

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Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in Wales.

Salary trend for MPLS in Wales

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Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in Wales

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Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South Wales +22 10 £41,067 +71.11%
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (50.00%) LAN
3 5 (50.00%) Network Security
3 5 (50.00%) VPN
3 5 (50.00%) WAN
4 4 (40.00%) DHCP
4 4 (40.00%) DNS
4 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (30.00%) VLAN
5 3 (30.00%) WLAN
6 2 (20.00%) BGP
6 2 (20.00%) EIGRP
6 2 (20.00%) IPsec
6 2 (20.00%) Wireless
7 1 (10.00%) OSPF
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (30.00%) Local Government
1 3 (30.00%) Police
2 2 (20.00%) Welsh Language
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Network Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
1 6 (60.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) IT Technician
3 3 (30.00%) ICT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Line Management
2 5 (50.00%) Network Management
3 3 (30.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (30.00%) High Availability
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Focus Group
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (20.00%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft