VPLS Job Trends in the East Midlands

Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring VPLS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 155 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.043% 0.028% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.23% 0.30% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,813 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,479 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.04% - -
75th Percentile £51,144 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% -9.38% +39.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

VPLS 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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 428 328 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 18.51% 9.17% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 186 136 219
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,154 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% -2.44% -11.35%
75th Percentile £42,125 £50,000 £56,500
90th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -

VPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VPLS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

VPLS job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

VPLS
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VPLS

VPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper