MPLS Jobs with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 414 494 583
Rank change year-on-year +80 +89 -159
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 184 171 278
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.54% 0.41% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.52% 3.66% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 149 159 237
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £35,050
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% +20.83% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £100,000 £83,000
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,233 4,673 7,508
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.45% 11.24% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,379 3,467 4,922
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MPLS trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MPLS.

MPLS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing MPLS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

MPLS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 25 (13.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (9.24%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (2.17%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (20.11%) Azure
1 37 (20.11%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (8.70%) AWS
3 8 (4.35%) GCP
4 5 (2.72%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (2.72%) SaaS
5 4 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.63%) IaaS
6 3 (1.63%) Rubrik
7 2 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.09%) PaaS
8 1 (0.54%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 136 (73.91%) WAN
2 110 (59.78%) BGP
2 110 (59.78%) LAN
3 95 (51.63%) Firewall
4 89 (48.37%) OSPF
5 78 (42.39%) SD-WAN
6 65 (35.33%) VPN
7 42 (22.83%) Wi-Fi
7 42 (22.83%) WLAN
8 38 (20.65%) VLAN
9 36 (19.57%) TCP/IP
10 26 (14.13%) DNS
11 22 (11.96%) Wireless
12 21 (11.41%) DHCP
12 21 (11.41%) Network Security
13 20 (10.87%) VoIP
14 19 (10.33%) Ethernet
15 18 (9.78%) VPLS
16 17 (9.24%) Remote Desktop
17 14 (7.61%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.54%) Power BI
General
1 42 (22.83%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.24%) Telecoms
3 14 (7.61%) Law
4 10 (5.43%) Finance
5 8 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.26%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.17%) Marketing
8 2 (1.09%) Billing
8 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.09%) Military
8 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.09%) Welsh Language
9 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 81 (44.02%) Network Engineer
2 40 (21.74%) Analyst
3 38 (20.65%) Senior
4 35 (19.02%) Network Analyst
5 31 (16.85%) Network Operations Analyst
5 31 (16.85%) Operations Analyst
6 29 (15.76%) Senior Network Engineer
7 22 (11.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (10.33%) Project Manager
9 15 (8.15%) Core Network Engineer
9 15 (8.15%) Senior Core Network Engineer
10 12 (6.52%) Data Centre Manager
10 12 (6.52%) Data Centre Project Manager
11 9 (4.89%) Consultant
11 9 (4.89%) Juniper Engineer
12 8 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
12 8 (4.35%) IP Engineer
13 7 (3.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 7 (3.80%) Senior Consultant
13 7 (3.80%) Senior IP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.09%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.09%) Middleware
1 2 (1.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (21.20%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.78%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (3.26%) IoT
4 5 (2.72%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.63%) PKI
5 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.09%) Clustering
6 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.09%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.54%) CMDB
7 1 (0.54%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.98%) Windows
2 9 (4.89%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (13.59%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (13.59%) Project Management
2 24 (13.04%) ITIL
3 23 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 20 (10.87%) Agile
5 18 (9.78%) Customer Service
5 18 (9.78%) PRINCE2
6 17 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (8.70%) Mentoring
7 16 (8.70%) Network Management
8 15 (8.15%) Network Design
9 13 (7.07%) Network Monitoring
9 13 (7.07%) Roadmaps
10 12 (6.52%) Presales
11 8 (4.35%) Analytics
11 8 (4.35%) Computer Science
11 8 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (4.35%) Load Balancing
11 8 (4.35%) Migration
11 8 (4.35%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.72%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.63%) SQL
3 2 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 79 (42.93%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (35.33%) CCNA
3 62 (33.70%) CCNP
4 37 (20.11%) CCDP
5 34 (18.48%) CCIE
6 16 (8.70%) APMP
7 14 (7.61%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.89%) Degree
9 7 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.80%) JNCIP
10 6 (3.26%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.72%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.72%) MCSE
11 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.63%) CCDA
13 2 (1.09%) CCIE Data Center
13 2 (1.09%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.54%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 1 (0.54%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.52%) SLA
2 8 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 32 (17.39%) Hyper-V
2 29 (15.76%) Active Directory
3 21 (11.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (9.24%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.17%) vCloud
6 2 (1.09%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (11.96%) WSUS
2 15 (8.15%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.17%) BMC PATROL
4 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.63%) Nagios
4 3 (1.63%) OfficeScan
5 2 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.09%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.09%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 121 (65.76%) Cisco
2 43 (23.37%) Microsoft
3 40 (21.74%) Juniper
4 33 (17.93%) Meraki
5 27 (14.67%) VMware
6 26 (14.13%) Fortinet
7 22 (11.96%) Palo Alto
8 19 (10.33%) Ruckus Wireless
9 18 (9.78%) SolarWinds
10 16 (8.70%) Aruba
10 16 (8.70%) Nokia
11 15 (8.15%) HP
12 12 (6.52%) CheckPoint
13 11 (5.98%) F5
14 8 (4.35%) Dell
15 7 (3.80%) Extreme Networks
16 6 (3.26%) Infoblox
16 6 (3.26%) Ubiquiti
17 5 (2.72%) Darktrace
17 5 (2.72%) NEC