MPLS Jobs in the West Midlands

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England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 244 252
Rank change year-on-year +96 +8 -40
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 104 19 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.39% 0.30% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.55% 1.72% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 81 13 37
10th Percentile £25,950 £42,500 £31,450
25th Percentile £26,700 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.42% +40.91% +2.33%
75th Percentile £50,250 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £84,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% -8.33% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 986 1,105 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.22% 17.66% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 805 516 709
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,938 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,000 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for MPLS in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Birmingham +21 36 £27,400 -64.65% 2
Worcestershire 0 18 £48,500 -11.82%
Solihull - 12 £26,900 - 6
Coventry +33 7 £49,000 - 1
Shropshire -5 7 - -
Staffordshire - 7 £48,500 - 1
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Warwickshire +39 2 - - 2
Halesowen - 1 £42,500 -
Brierley Hill - 1 £33,500 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.38%) Azure
2 14 (13.46%) AWS
3 8 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.77%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.88%) GCP
6 2 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.92%) Rubrik
6 2 (1.92%) SaaS
7 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 73 (70.19%) WAN
2 57 (54.81%) BGP
3 55 (52.88%) LAN
4 49 (47.12%) SD-WAN
5 40 (38.46%) OSPF
6 38 (36.54%) WLAN
7 34 (32.69%) IPsec
8 30 (28.85%) Firewall
9 19 (18.27%) VPN
10 18 (17.31%) Wireless
11 15 (14.42%) VoIP
12 14 (13.46%) VLAN
13 12 (11.54%) Network Security
14 7 (6.73%) EIGRP
14 7 (6.73%) HSRP
14 7 (6.73%) Spanning Tree
14 7 (6.73%) VRRP
14 7 (6.73%) Wireshark
15 6 (5.77%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (4.81%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.88%) JIRA
1 3 (2.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (16.35%) Finance
2 10 (9.62%) Telecoms
3 9 (8.65%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.69%) Retail
5 6 (5.77%) Local Government
6 3 (2.88%) Marketing
7 1 (0.96%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (35.58%) Network Engineer
2 31 (29.81%) Analyst
2 31 (29.81%) Network Analyst
3 30 (28.85%) Network Operations Analyst
3 30 (28.85%) Operations Analyst
4 14 (13.46%) WAN Engineer
5 11 (10.58%) Senior
6 10 (9.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Support Technician
8 6 (5.77%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (5.77%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 6 (5.77%) First Line Help Desk Support
8 6 (5.77%) Help Desk Support
8 6 (5.77%) Help Desk Support Technician
8 6 (5.77%) Help Desk Technician
8 6 (5.77%) IT Support Technician
8 6 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Senior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.58%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.73%) FMCG
2 7 (6.73%) PKI
3 6 (5.77%) CCTV
4 2 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.96%) Linux
1 1 (0.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (11.54%) Load Balancing
1 12 (11.54%) Network Architecture
1 12 (11.54%) Network Monitoring
2 10 (9.62%) Network Virtualisation
3 8 (7.69%) Network Design
4 7 (6.73%) Business Analysis
4 7 (6.73%) Change Management
4 7 (6.73%) Demand Management
4 7 (6.73%) High Availability
4 7 (6.73%) Project Delivery
4 7 (6.73%) Release Management
5 6 (5.77%) Roadmaps
6 5 (4.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (4.81%) Cost Optimisation
6 5 (4.81%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (3.85%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (3.85%) Computer Science
7 4 (3.85%) Presales
8 3 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (2.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.77%) SQL
2 1 (0.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (44.23%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (43.27%) CCNP
3 35 (33.65%) CCNA
4 33 (31.73%) CCIE
5 31 (29.81%) CCDP
5 31 (29.81%) Security Cleared
6 27 (25.96%) SC Cleared
7 7 (6.73%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 5 (4.81%) JNCIE
8 5 (4.81%) JNCIP
9 4 (3.85%) Azure Certification
9 4 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.85%) Degree
9 4 (3.85%) JNCIA
10 3 (2.88%) CCDA
11 2 (1.92%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.96%) CWNA
12 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.88%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.73%) Firmware
2 6 (5.77%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) Ansible
2 3 (2.88%) Terraform
3 1 (0.96%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 42 (40.38%) Juniper
2 38 (36.54%) Cisco
3 14 (13.46%) CheckPoint
3 14 (13.46%) Palo Alto
4 12 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 12 (11.54%) Nokia
5 9 (8.65%) Aruba
6 8 (7.69%) Ekahau
7 7 (6.73%) F5
8 6 (5.77%) Ericsson
9 5 (4.81%) Meraki
10 4 (3.85%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.88%) Avaya
11 3 (2.88%) HP
11 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
11 3 (2.88%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.92%) Commvault
12 2 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
12 2 (1.92%) Dell
12 2 (1.92%) Sophos