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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 319 361
Rank change year-on-year +9 +42 -119
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 74 102 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.42% 0.60% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.40% 3.22% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 65 56 94
10th Percentile - £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,957
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.09% -3.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,375 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -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 2,175 3,172 2,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.30% 18.78% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,253 1,705
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -1.10% +1.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £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 20 May 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 20 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
North West +18 54 £42,500 -10.53% 3
Yorkshire +50 26 £62,500 +38.89% 9
North East -12 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 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.92%) Azure
2 12 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.05%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.70%) IaaS
4 2 (2.70%) PaaS
4 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.70%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.70%) SaaS
5 1 (1.35%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (85.14%) BGP
2 54 (72.97%) OSPF
3 53 (71.62%) WAN
4 41 (55.41%) LAN
5 40 (54.05%) TCP/IP
6 37 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
7 33 (44.59%) Wireless
8 30 (40.54%) Ethernet
9 29 (39.19%) Firewall
10 24 (32.43%) DHCP
10 24 (32.43%) DSL
10 24 (32.43%) Internet
11 17 (22.97%) SD-WAN
12 16 (21.62%) VPN
13 8 (10.81%) NGN
14 7 (9.46%) Network Security
15 6 (8.11%) IPsec
15 6 (8.11%) VLAN
16 5 (6.76%) DNS
16 5 (6.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 10 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (62.16%) Network Engineer
2 26 (35.14%) IP Engineer
3 18 (24.32%) IP Network Engineer
3 18 (24.32%) Juniper Engineer
4 14 (18.92%) Cisco Engineer
4 14 (18.92%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 11 (14.86%) Network Support
6 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Design Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) IP Design Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Network Support Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Senior
7 5 (6.76%) Support Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (5.41%) IT Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Project Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Firewall Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Senior IP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.46%) Clustering
2 4 (5.41%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.05%) PKI
4 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (24.32%) VyOS
2 5 (6.76%) Windows
2 5 (6.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.65%) Customer Service
2 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (6.76%) High Availability
3 5 (6.76%) Network Design
3 5 (6.76%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (5.41%) Data Analysis
4 4 (5.41%) Information Security
4 4 (5.41%) ITSM
5 3 (4.05%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (4.05%) Line Management
5 3 (4.05%) Network Management
5 3 (4.05%) Presales
5 3 (4.05%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (4.05%) Project Delivery
5 3 (4.05%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 3 (4.05%) Reverse Engineering
5 3 (4.05%) Service Delivery
5 3 (4.05%) Time Management
5 3 (4.05%) Web Filtering
6 2 (2.70%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.05%) Python
3 2 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (55.41%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (44.59%) CCNA
3 24 (32.43%) JNCIA
4 14 (18.92%) JNCIP
5 13 (17.57%) CCNP
6 8 (10.81%) JNCIE
7 6 (8.11%) CCDP
8 3 (4.05%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 9 (12.16%) Hyper-V
2 7 (9.46%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.41%) vCloud
4 2 (2.70%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (9.46%) Failover Clustering
2 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.05%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.70%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.70%) WSUS
5 1 (1.35%) Ansible
5 1 (1.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 51 (68.92%) Cisco
2 40 (54.05%) Fortinet
2 40 (54.05%) Juniper
3 38 (51.35%) Nokia
4 24 (32.43%) Ruckus Wireless
5 18 (24.32%) Vyatta
6 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
7 12 (16.22%) VMware
8 9 (12.16%) Ubiquiti
9 7 (9.46%) Meraki
9 7 (9.46%) SolarWinds
10 6 (8.11%) HP
11 4 (5.41%) Aruba
11 4 (5.41%) Dell
12 3 (4.05%) Draytek
13 2 (2.70%) Aerohive Networks
13 2 (2.70%) Barracuda Networks
13 2 (2.70%) NETGEAR
13 2 (2.70%) Palo Alto
13 2 (2.70%) Remedy