MPLS Jobs in the Midlands

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England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 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 208 278 307
Rank change year-on-year +70 +29 -58
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 108 30 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.89% 0.33% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.90% 1.76% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 85 15 48
10th Percentile £25,950 £42,500 £33,650
25th Percentile £26,700 £49,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £77,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.42% +55.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £50,250 £80,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £63,750 £83,000 £78,750
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
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 Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,566 1,703 1,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.95% 18.78% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 724 1,087
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -3.89% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for MPLS in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +97 104 £48,500 -37.42% 15
East Midlands -26 4 £50,000 -14.89% 2
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.52%) Azure
2 14 (12.96%) AWS
3 11 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.78%) GCP
6 2 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.85%) Rubrik
6 2 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 77 (71.30%) WAN
2 57 (52.78%) BGP
3 56 (51.85%) LAN
4 53 (49.07%) SD-WAN
5 40 (37.04%) OSPF
6 38 (35.19%) WLAN
7 34 (31.48%) Firewall
7 34 (31.48%) IPsec
8 22 (20.37%) VPN
9 19 (17.59%) Wireless
10 17 (15.74%) VLAN
11 15 (13.89%) VoIP
12 12 (11.11%) Network Security
13 7 (6.48%) EIGRP
13 7 (6.48%) HSRP
13 7 (6.48%) Spanning Tree
13 7 (6.48%) TCP/IP
13 7 (6.48%) VRRP
13 7 (6.48%) Wireshark
14 6 (5.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) JIRA
1 3 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (15.74%) Finance
2 10 (9.26%) Telecoms
3 9 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.41%) Retail
5 6 (5.56%) Local Government
6 3 (2.78%) Marketing
7 1 (0.93%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (37.04%) Network Engineer
2 31 (28.70%) Analyst
2 31 (28.70%) Network Analyst
3 30 (27.78%) Network Operations Analyst
3 30 (27.78%) Operations Analyst
4 14 (12.96%) WAN Engineer
5 11 (10.19%) Senior
6 10 (9.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 7 (6.48%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (6.48%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 7 (6.48%) Support Technician
8 6 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (5.56%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 6 (5.56%) Help Desk Support
8 6 (5.56%) Help Desk Technician
8 6 (5.56%) IT Support
8 6 (5.56%) IT Support Technician
8 6 (5.56%) IT Technician
8 6 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (5.56%) Senior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.19%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.48%) FMCG
2 7 (6.48%) PKI
3 6 (5.56%) CCTV
4 2 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.93%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.63%) Windows
2 3 (2.78%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (12.04%) Load Balancing
1 13 (12.04%) Network Monitoring
2 12 (11.11%) Network Architecture
3 10 (9.26%) Network Virtualisation
4 8 (7.41%) Network Design
4 8 (7.41%) Project Delivery
5 7 (6.48%) Business Analysis
5 7 (6.48%) Change Management
5 7 (6.48%) Demand Management
5 7 (6.48%) High Availability
5 7 (6.48%) Release Management
6 6 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (5.56%) Roadmaps
7 5 (4.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (4.63%) Cost Optimisation
7 5 (4.63%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (3.70%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (3.70%) Computer Science
8 4 (3.70%) ITIL
8 4 (3.70%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (0.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (45.37%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (41.67%) CCNP
3 38 (35.19%) CCNA
4 33 (30.56%) CCIE
5 31 (28.70%) CCDP
5 31 (28.70%) Security Cleared
6 27 (25.00%) SC Cleared
7 7 (6.48%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 5 (4.63%) JNCIE
8 5 (4.63%) JNCIP
9 4 (3.70%) Azure Certification
9 4 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.70%) Degree
9 4 (3.70%) JNCIA
10 3 (2.78%) CCDA
11 2 (1.85%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.93%) CWNA
12 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.48%) Firmware
2 6 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.70%) Ansible
2 3 (2.78%) Terraform
3 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 42 (38.89%) Cisco
1 42 (38.89%) Juniper
2 14 (12.96%) CheckPoint
2 14 (12.96%) Palo Alto
3 12 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 12 (11.11%) Nokia
4 10 (9.26%) Aruba
5 8 (7.41%) Ekahau
6 7 (6.48%) F5
7 6 (5.56%) Ericsson
7 6 (5.56%) Meraki
8 4 (3.70%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.70%) VMware
9 3 (2.78%) Avaya
9 3 (2.78%) Citrix
9 3 (2.78%) HP
9 3 (2.78%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.78%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.85%) Commvault
10 2 (1.85%) Veritas