MPLS Jobs in the North of England

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England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 336 357
Rank change year-on-year +21 +21 -98
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 82 94 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.43% 0.58% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.70% 2.93% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 71 48 98
10th Percentile - £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,188 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £59,375 £55,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 -
England median annual salary £52,250 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -8.33% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,214 3,208 2,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.74% 19.88% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,681 1,201 1,727
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,676 £72,500
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 North of England

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the North of England.

Salary trend for MPLS in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North West +21 56 £42,500 -19.05% 4
Yorkshire +39 32 £60,000 +33.33% 7
North East -18 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.95%) Azure
2 14 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.66%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.66%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.44%) IaaS
4 2 (2.44%) PaaS
4 2 (2.44%) SaaS
5 1 (1.22%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (81.71%) BGP
2 58 (70.73%) WAN
3 57 (69.51%) OSPF
4 43 (52.44%) TCP/IP
5 41 (50.00%) LAN
6 37 (45.12%) Wi-Fi
7 34 (41.46%) Firewall
8 33 (40.24%) Wireless
9 30 (36.59%) Ethernet
10 26 (31.71%) Internet
11 24 (29.27%) DHCP
11 24 (29.27%) DSL
12 21 (25.61%) SD-WAN
13 16 (19.51%) VPN
14 8 (9.76%) NGN
15 7 (8.54%) Network Security
16 6 (7.32%) IPsec
16 6 (7.32%) VLAN
17 5 (6.10%) DNS
17 5 (6.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 11 (13.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 48 (58.54%) Network Engineer
2 27 (32.93%) IP Engineer
3 19 (23.17%) Juniper Engineer
4 18 (21.95%) IP Network Engineer
5 14 (17.07%) Cisco Engineer
5 14 (17.07%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 11 (13.41%) Network Support
7 10 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (7.32%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (7.32%) Design Engineer
8 6 (7.32%) IP Design Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) IT Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) Network Support Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) Senior
9 5 (6.10%) Support Engineer
10 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Manager
10 4 (4.88%) Project Engineer
11 3 (3.66%) Firewall Engineer
11 3 (3.66%) Senior IP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) Clustering
2 7 (8.54%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.10%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.66%) PKI
5 2 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.95%) VyOS
2 5 (6.10%) Windows
2 5 (6.10%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.34%) Customer Service
2 12 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (9.76%) High Availability
4 7 (8.54%) Information Security
5 6 (7.32%) Network Design
6 5 (6.10%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (4.88%) Data Analysis
7 4 (4.88%) ITSM
7 4 (4.88%) Network Management
7 4 (4.88%) Proactive Maintenance
7 4 (4.88%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (3.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (3.66%) Incident Management
8 3 (3.66%) IT Strategy
8 3 (3.66%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (3.66%) Project Delivery
8 3 (3.66%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 3 (3.66%) Reverse Engineering
8 3 (3.66%) Service Delivery
8 3 (3.66%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.20%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.88%) Python
3 2 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (54.88%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (41.46%) CCNA
3 25 (30.49%) JNCIA
4 17 (20.73%) CCNP
5 16 (19.51%) JNCIP
6 9 (10.98%) JNCIE
7 8 (9.76%) CCDP
8 4 (4.88%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.44%) CCIE
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.22%) CCDA
10 1 (1.22%) JNCIS
10 1 (1.22%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) Hyper-V
2 9 (10.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.88%) vCloud
4 3 (3.66%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (10.98%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.88%) WSUS
4 3 (3.66%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.44%) Ansible
5 2 (2.44%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (1.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 55 (67.07%) Cisco
2 42 (51.22%) Fortinet
2 42 (51.22%) Juniper
3 39 (47.56%) Nokia
4 24 (29.27%) Ruckus Wireless
5 18 (21.95%) Vyatta
6 17 (20.73%) Microsoft
7 16 (19.51%) VMware
8 10 (12.20%) Meraki
9 9 (10.98%) Ubiquiti
10 7 (8.54%) SolarWinds
11 6 (7.32%) HP
12 5 (6.10%) Dell
13 4 (4.88%) Aruba
13 4 (4.88%) Remedy
14 3 (3.66%) Draytek
15 2 (2.44%) Aerohive Networks
15 2 (2.44%) Barracuda Networks
15 2 (2.44%) NETGEAR
15 2 (2.44%) Palo Alto