Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 514 651
Rank change year-on-year +17 +137 -129
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 458 527 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.39% 3.40% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 364 321 557
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,477
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,875 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -13.64% +4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +65 431 £51,000 -7.27% 78
UK excluding London +1 302 £48,500 +2.11% 52
Work from Home +80 187 £52,500 -22.22% 45
London +91 141 £70,000 +7.69% 28
Midlands +73 109 £48,500 -37.42% 12
West Midlands +97 105 £48,500 -38.41% 11
North of England +30 79 £45,000 - 13
South East -6 68 £55,000 +15.79% 16
North West +29 55 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Yorkshire +52 30 £60,000 +33.33% 9
East of England +8 29 £45,000 -25.00% 4
South West -37 26 £48,500 -7.62% 3
Wales +5 12 £42,977 +79.07% 2
East Midlands -24 4 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Scotland -79 4 £61,750 - 1
North East -15 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1

MPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 44 (9.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.18%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.75%) CMS
5 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 100 (21.83%) Azure
2 80 (17.47%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (10.26%) AWS
4 19 (4.15%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.93%) SaaS
6 14 (3.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 14 (3.06%) IaaS
7 13 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (2.40%) GCP
9 10 (2.18%) PaaS
10 5 (1.09%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.87%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.66%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.66%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 311 (67.90%) WAN
2 252 (55.02%) BGP
3 212 (46.29%) LAN
4 211 (46.07%) Firewall
5 163 (35.59%) OSPF
6 148 (32.31%) SD-WAN
7 130 (28.38%) VPN
8 107 (23.36%) Wi-Fi
9 94 (20.52%) Wireless
10 91 (19.87%) TCP/IP
11 83 (18.12%) VLAN
12 71 (15.50%) DHCP
13 65 (14.19%) WLAN
14 60 (13.10%) IPsec
15 59 (12.88%) DNS
16 56 (12.23%) Network Security
17 53 (11.57%) Ethernet
18 52 (11.35%) Internet
19 45 (9.83%) VoIP
20 27 (5.90%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.40%) MongoDB
1 11 (2.40%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.28%) JIRA
2 11 (2.40%) GitLab
3 3 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (14.85%) Social Skills
2 64 (13.97%) Telecoms
3 42 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.08%) Finance
5 26 (5.68%) Law
6 11 (2.40%) Local Government
7 10 (2.18%) Retail
8 9 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.31%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.09%) Marketing
11 5 (1.09%) Police
12 3 (0.66%) Billing
12 3 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.66%) Military
13 2 (0.44%) Advertising
13 2 (0.44%) Automotive
13 2 (0.44%) Games
13 2 (0.44%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.44%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 203 (44.32%) Network Engineer
2 114 (24.89%) Senior
3 73 (15.94%) Senior Network Engineer
4 57 (12.45%) Analyst
5 50 (10.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 50 (10.92%) IP Engineer
6 49 (10.70%) Network Analyst
7 40 (8.73%) IP Network Engineer
8 37 (8.08%) Juniper Engineer
9 33 (7.21%) Network Operations Analyst
9 33 (7.21%) Operations Analyst
10 31 (6.77%) Architect
11 30 (6.55%) Core Network Engineer
11 30 (6.55%) Senior Core Network Engineer
12 27 (5.90%) Cisco Engineer
13 26 (5.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 25 (5.46%) Senior IP Engineer
15 22 (4.80%) Network Architect
15 22 (4.80%) Senior IP Network Engineer
16 18 (3.93%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.59%) 802.1X
2 18 (3.93%) XML
3 17 (3.71%) NETCONF
4 12 (2.62%) RESTCONF
5 11 (2.40%) JSON
5 11 (2.40%) REST
5 11 (2.40%) SOAP
5 11 (2.40%) YAML
5 11 (2.40%) YANG
6 8 (1.75%) SAML
7 7 (1.53%) HTML
8 2 (0.44%) EDI
8 2 (0.44%) Middleware
8 2 (0.44%) Web Services
8 2 (0.44%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 101 (22.05%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.80%) Driving Licence
4 20 (4.37%) Public Cloud
5 18 (3.93%) IoT
6 13 (2.84%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (2.18%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.97%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (1.97%) Clustering
9 8 (1.75%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.53%) FMCG
10 7 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.53%) PKI
11 6 (1.31%) CCTV
11 6 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.44%) SCADA
12 2 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.17%) Windows
2 39 (8.52%) Windows Server
3 26 (5.68%) Linux
4 19 (4.15%) Unix
5 18 (3.93%) VyOS
6 11 (2.40%) CentOS
7 7 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.44%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.44%) Solaris
10 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (16.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 65 (14.19%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (12.66%) Customer Service
3 58 (12.66%) ITIL
3 58 (12.66%) Network Management
4 49 (10.70%) Network Design
5 46 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (9.83%) Project Management
7 44 (9.61%) Roadmaps
8 41 (8.95%) Mentoring
9 39 (8.52%) Technical Leadership
10 36 (7.86%) Agile
11 35 (7.64%) Load Balancing
12 30 (6.55%) High Availability
12 30 (6.55%) Project Delivery
13 26 (5.68%) Technology Roadmap
14 25 (5.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (5.24%) Network Monitoring
16 22 (4.80%) Change Control
17 21 (4.59%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.24%) Python
2 22 (4.80%) PowerShell
3 20 (4.37%) SQL
4 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.22%) Go
Qualifications
1 159 (34.72%) Cisco Certification
2 120 (26.20%) CCNA
3 88 (19.21%) CCNP
4 64 (13.97%) Security Cleared
5 43 (9.39%) CCIE
6 41 (8.95%) CCDP
7 37 (8.08%) JNCIA
7 37 (8.08%) SC Cleared
8 27 (5.90%) JNCIP
9 22 (4.80%) Degree
10 16 (3.49%) APMP
11 14 (3.06%) JNCIE
11 14 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (2.18%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 10 (2.18%) MCSE
14 9 (1.97%) Azure Certification
14 9 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.97%) CTC Cleared
15 3 (0.66%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 25 (5.46%) SLA
3 14 (3.06%) GDPR
4 9 (1.97%) COSHH
4 9 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.31%) NCSC
6 5 (1.09%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 72 (15.72%) Active Directory
2 64 (13.97%) Hyper-V
3 35 (7.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.37%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (2.40%) Docker
6 7 (1.53%) Firmware
7 6 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.87%) vCloud
9 3 (0.66%) vSphere
10 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (8.73%) FortiGate
2 25 (5.46%) WSUS
3 15 (3.28%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.97%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (1.75%) Progress Chef
6 8 (1.75%) Puppet
6 8 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.31%) Ansible
7 6 (1.31%) Endace
8 5 (1.09%) Nagios
8 5 (1.09%) OfficeScan
8 5 (1.09%) SCCM
9 4 (0.87%) BMC PATROL
9 4 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
9 4 (0.87%) Nessus
10 3 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (0.66%) Terraform
11 2 (0.44%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 263 (57.42%) Cisco
2 160 (34.93%) Juniper
3 102 (22.27%) Microsoft
4 77 (16.81%) Fortinet
5 73 (15.94%) Nokia
6 54 (11.79%) VMware
7 51 (11.14%) Palo Alto
8 49 (10.70%) Meraki
9 44 (9.61%) CheckPoint
10 42 (9.17%) Ruckus Wireless
11 36 (7.86%) SolarWinds
12 30 (6.55%) HP
13 24 (5.24%) Aruba
13 24 (5.24%) F5
14 18 (3.93%) Vyatta
15 17 (3.71%) Darktrace
15 17 (3.71%) NEC
15 17 (3.71%) Ribbon
16 15 (3.28%) Dell
17 11 (2.40%) Mitel