MPLS Jobs in the South East

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England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 330 330 382
Rank change year-on-year 0 +52 -90
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 62 74 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.52% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.25% 2.94% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 53 37 59
10th Percentile £36,350 £33,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £40,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -24.00% +25.63%
75th Percentile £73,000 £67,500 £77,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £79,000
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,761 2,514 3,173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.35% 17.53% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,873 1,476 1,872
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for MPLS in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for MPLS in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the South East 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
Thames Valley +25 33 £62,500 -1.96% 12
Berkshire +28 22 £62,500 -19.35% 9
Kent - 15 £55,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire -14 9 £80,000 +100.00% 3
Hampshire -37 9 £65,000 +36.84% 1
Surrey -14 4 £35,000 -10.26% 2
Oxfordshire +4 2 £50,000 -9.09%
West Sussex +23 1 £50,000 +25.79%
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (1.61%) AWS
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.61%) GCP
3 1 (1.61%) Rubrik
3 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (48.39%) WAN
2 23 (37.10%) Firewall
3 22 (35.48%) BGP
4 15 (24.19%) 4G
4 15 (24.19%) 5G
5 10 (16.13%) OSPF
6 9 (14.52%) SSL
6 9 (14.52%) Wireless
7 7 (11.29%) LAN
7 7 (11.29%) VPN
8 6 (9.68%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (9.68%) DNS
8 6 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (8.06%) SD-WAN
9 5 (8.06%) SNMP
10 4 (6.45%) Internet
10 4 (6.45%) IPsec
10 4 (6.45%) Network Security
11 3 (4.84%) DHCP
11 3 (4.84%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 22 (35.48%) Telecoms
2 5 (8.06%) Finance
2 5 (8.06%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (37.10%) Network Engineer
2 15 (24.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (20.97%) Senior
4 12 (19.35%) IP Engineer
4 12 (19.35%) Juniper Engineer
5 9 (14.52%) Senior Network Engineer
5 9 (14.52%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) Core Network Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) IP Network Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) Senior Core Network Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) Senior IP Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) Senior IP Network Engineer
7 6 (9.68%) Architect
7 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 6 (9.68%) Network Architect
7 6 (9.68%) Professional Services Engineer
8 5 (8.06%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (8.06%) Design Engineer
8 5 (8.06%) IP Design Engineer
8 5 (8.06%) Operations Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.19%) Driving Licence
1 15 (24.19%) IoT
2 9 (14.52%) ARM Cortex
2 9 (14.52%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.06%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.84%) PKI
5 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.23%) SCADA
6 1 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.61%) Linux
1 1 (1.61%) Mac OS X
1 1 (1.61%) Windows
1 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.87%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (30.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (24.19%) Data Management
4 13 (20.97%) Network Design
4 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (19.35%) Network Management
6 9 (14.52%) High Availability
6 9 (14.52%) Project Management
7 8 (12.90%) ITIL
8 6 (9.68%) Change Control
8 6 (9.68%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (8.06%) Budgeting
9 5 (8.06%) Coaching
9 5 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (8.06%) Contract Negotiation
9 5 (8.06%) Cost Management
9 5 (8.06%) Security Management
9 5 (8.06%) Strategic Planning
9 5 (8.06%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.52%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (14.52%) CTC Cleared
3 7 (11.29%) CCNA
3 7 (11.29%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (9.68%) SC Cleared
5 5 (8.06%) JNCIE
5 5 (8.06%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.61%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (22.58%) GDPR
3 9 (14.52%) COSHH
4 5 (8.06%) HIPAA
4 5 (8.06%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (25.81%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (30.65%) FortiGate
2 6 (9.68%) Endace
3 1 (1.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 34 (54.84%) Cisco
2 26 (41.94%) Juniper
3 16 (25.81%) HP
4 15 (24.19%) Darktrace
4 15 (24.19%) NEC
5 14 (22.58%) Nokia
6 11 (17.74%) Palo Alto
7 9 (14.52%) Mitel
7 9 (14.52%) Ribbon
8 7 (11.29%) Aruba
9 6 (9.68%) Extreme Networks
9 6 (9.68%) F5
9 6 (9.68%) Infoblox
10 4 (6.45%) Fortinet
11 3 (4.84%) Veeam
11 3 (4.84%) VMware
12 1 (1.61%) Dell
12 1 (1.61%) Kaspersky
12 1 (1.61%) Sophos
12 1 (1.61%) Veritas