MPLS Jobs in the East of England

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England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring MPLS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MPLS over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 191 215
Rank change year-on-year +20 +24 +21
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 9 26 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.28% 0.42% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.31% 2.50% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 16
10th Percentile £54,550 £29,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £35,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £79,688
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £84,375
England median annual salary £63,550 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.10% -9.09% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 688 1,042 1,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 21.17% 17.03% 20.68%
Number of salaries quoted 254 791 422
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,840 £24,550
25th Percentile £32,533 £28,561 £28,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,438 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the East of England.

Salary trend for MPLS in the East of England

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +33 5 £57,500 -8.00%
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
Suffolk -23 1 £65,000 -8.77% 7
Bedfordshire - 1 £52,000 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (22.22%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) AutoCAD
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Ethernet
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (44.44%) BGP
4 3 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (33.33%) LAN
4 3 (33.33%) Network Security
4 3 (33.33%) OSPF
4 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (33.33%) WAN
4 3 (33.33%) Wireless
5 2 (22.22%) 802.11
5 2 (22.22%) DHCP
5 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 2 (22.22%) IPsec
5 2 (22.22%) Multicast
5 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
5 2 (22.22%) VPLS
5 2 (22.22%) VPN
5 2 (22.22%) VRRP
6 1 (11.11%) DMVPN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Front Office
2 1 (11.11%) Aviation
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Network Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Network Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Network Management
2 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
2 4 (44.44%) Performance Monitoring
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Network Design
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
5 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (11.11%) Presales
5 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) CCNA
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Juniper
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
3 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
3 4 (44.44%) SevOne
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Nokia
5 1 (11.11%) Arista
5 1 (11.11%) Aruba
5 1 (11.11%) Avaya
5 1 (11.11%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (11.11%) F5
5 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 1 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (11.11%) Meru Networks
5 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 1 (11.11%) Riverbed