MPLS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 488 487 529
Rank change year-on-year -1 +42 -140
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 290 277 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.46% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.97% 2.54% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 238 137 258
10th Percentile £26,700 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -12.44% +8.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £65,750 £76,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.25% -1.67% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,776 10,911 10,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.78% 18.11% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,770 6,474
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,889 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK 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 UK excluding London

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Midlands +83 109 £48,500 -37.42% 15
West Midlands +92 105 £48,500 -38.41% 10
North of England +13 72 £42,500 -5.56% 12
South East +6 59 £55,000 - 14
North West +26 52 £41,250 -15.38% 4
Yorkshire +47 26 £60,000 +33.33% 8
East of England +16 26 £45,000 -25.00% 5
South West -35 26 £48,500 -7.62% 5
Wales +12 12 £42,977 +34.30% 3
Scotland -76 5 £75,000 - 1
East Midlands -18 4 £50,000 +5.26% 5
North East -14 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (6.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.76%) CMS
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (19.31%) Azure
2 53 (18.28%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.28%) AWS
4 11 (3.79%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.45%) SaaS
6 9 (3.10%) GCP
7 5 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.03%) IaaS
8 3 (1.03%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.69%) PaaS
10 1 (0.34%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 200 (68.97%) WAN
2 152 (52.41%) BGP
3 126 (43.45%) LAN
4 115 (39.66%) OSPF
5 105 (36.21%) Firewall
6 98 (33.79%) SD-WAN
7 70 (24.14%) Wireless
8 64 (22.07%) Wi-Fi
9 58 (20.00%) WLAN
10 55 (18.97%) TCP/IP
11 51 (17.59%) VPN
12 41 (14.14%) VLAN
13 40 (13.79%) IPsec
14 38 (13.10%) DHCP
14 38 (13.10%) Ethernet
15 33 (11.38%) VoIP
16 31 (10.69%) Network Security
17 29 (10.00%) Internet
18 24 (8.28%) DSL
19 19 (6.55%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.03%) JIRA
1 3 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (13.45%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.76%) Telecoms
3 22 (7.59%) Finance
4 14 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.79%) Local Government
6 8 (2.76%) Retail
7 5 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.72%) Marketing
7 5 (1.72%) Police
8 3 (1.03%) Military
8 3 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.69%) Automotive
9 2 (0.69%) Law
9 2 (0.69%) Welsh Language
10 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 131 (45.17%) Network Engineer
2 47 (16.21%) Analyst
3 45 (15.52%) Senior
4 39 (13.45%) Network Analyst
5 37 (12.76%) Network Operations Analyst
5 37 (12.76%) Operations Analyst
6 35 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (11.72%) IP Engineer
8 30 (10.34%) Senior Network Engineer
9 27 (9.31%) IP Network Engineer
10 24 (8.28%) Juniper Engineer
11 21 (7.24%) Cisco Engineer
11 21 (7.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 14 (4.83%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (4.83%) WAN Engineer
13 13 (4.48%) Network Support
14 11 (3.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 11 (3.79%) Architect
14 11 (3.79%) Senior IP Engineer
15 10 (3.45%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.72%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.69%) Middleware
2 2 (0.69%) Web Services
2 2 (0.69%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.34%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.62%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.86%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.17%) IoT
4 11 (3.79%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.45%) Operational Technology
6 9 (3.10%) ARM Cortex
7 8 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.41%) Clustering
8 7 (2.41%) FMCG
8 7 (2.41%) PKI
9 6 (2.07%) CCTV
10 5 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.69%) SCADA
12 2 (0.69%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.34%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.07%) Windows
2 33 (11.38%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.21%) VyOS
4 6 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.38%) Linux
6 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.69%) Solaris
7 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (16.90%) Customer Service
2 44 (15.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 42 (14.48%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (10.00%) Network Management
6 26 (8.97%) High Availability
6 26 (8.97%) ITIL
6 26 (8.97%) Project Management
7 21 (7.24%) Project Delivery
8 20 (6.90%) Network Monitoring
9 15 (5.17%) Load Balancing
9 15 (5.17%) Network Design
10 14 (4.83%) Data Management
11 13 (4.48%) Change Advisory Board
11 13 (4.48%) Configuration Management
11 13 (4.48%) Network Architecture
11 13 (4.48%) Service Design
12 12 (4.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (4.14%) Mentoring
13 11 (3.79%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.10%) SQL
3 4 (1.38%) Python
4 2 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.34%) Bash
Qualifications
1 129 (44.48%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (34.48%) CCNA
3 69 (23.79%) CCNP
4 61 (21.03%) Security Cleared
5 44 (15.17%) CCDP
6 43 (14.83%) CCIE
7 37 (12.76%) SC Cleared
8 29 (10.00%) JNCIA
9 17 (5.86%) Degree
10 14 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (4.48%) JNCIP
12 11 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (3.45%) MCSE
14 9 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (3.10%) CTC Cleared
15 7 (2.41%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 7 (2.41%) JNCIE
16 5 (1.72%) Azure Certification
17 3 (1.03%) CCDA
17 3 (1.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.83%) GDPR
3 12 (4.14%) SLA
4 9 (3.10%) COSHH
5 6 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.72%) HIPAA
System Software
1 42 (14.48%) Hyper-V
2 37 (12.76%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.41%) Firmware
5 6 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.38%) vCloud
7 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (8.62%) FortiGate
2 7 (2.41%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (2.41%) WSUS
3 6 (2.07%) Endace
4 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.72%) Nagios
4 5 (1.72%) OfficeScan
5 4 (1.38%) Ansible
5 4 (1.38%) BMC PATROL
6 3 (1.03%) Terraform
7 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.69%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 158 (54.48%) Cisco
2 105 (36.21%) Juniper
3 54 (18.62%) Nokia
4 52 (17.93%) Microsoft
5 50 (17.24%) Fortinet
6 35 (12.07%) Meraki
7 27 (9.31%) Palo Alto
8 25 (8.62%) HP
8 25 (8.62%) Ruckus Wireless
9 21 (7.24%) Aruba
9 21 (7.24%) CheckPoint
10 19 (6.55%) VMware
11 18 (6.21%) Vyatta
12 15 (5.17%) F5
13 14 (4.83%) Darktrace
13 14 (4.83%) NEC
14 11 (3.79%) Dell
14 11 (3.79%) Mitel
15 10 (3.45%) SolarWinds
16 9 (3.10%) Ubiquiti