MPLS Job Trends in Central London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring MPLS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 177 157
Rank change year-on-year +36 -20 +78
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 4 7 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.16% 0.22% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.54% 1.53% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 12
10th Percentile - £46,095 £61,250
25th Percentile - £63,750 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.65% +16.77% +39.64%
75th Percentile - £93,250 £92,500
90th Percentile - £97,950 -
London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% +17.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

MPLS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 260 458 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 10.16% 14.25% 13.18%
Number of salaries quoted 204 253 366
10th Percentile £28,697 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -3.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £75,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £109,250 £92,500
London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MPLS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

MPLS job vacancy trend in Central London

MPLS
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MPLS

MPLS
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
City of London +29 4 £70,000 -22.65% 2
MPLS
London

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) 4G
2 2 (50.00%) Broadband
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) IOS XR
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Associate Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Jinja
1 2 (50.00%) NETCONF
1 2 (50.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Data Science
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Forcepoint
2 2 (50.00%) ForeScout
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
2 2 (50.00%) Meraki
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow