MPLS Jobs in England

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 569 602
Rank change year-on-year +113 +33 -110
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 423 424 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.45% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.49% 2.94% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 332 308 517
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £59,483
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -7.54% +13.30%
75th Percentile £65,625 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £98,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,625 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.23% -3.96% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,134 14,414 17,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.31% 15.46% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,588 7,484 10,465
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in England

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for MPLS in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +92 146 £65,000 -1.89% 25
Midlands +86 110 £48,500 -37.42% 16
West Midlands +106 105 £48,500 -38.41% 12
North of England +25 73 £42,500 -5.56% 13
South East +17 56 £55,000 +4.76% 17
North West +37 53 £40,000 -17.95% 4
Yorkshire +57 26 £60,000 +33.33% 9
East of England +16 26 £45,000 -25.00% 2
South West -9 26 £48,500 -7.62% 6
East Midlands -16 5 £50,000 +5.26% 4
North East -14 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 46 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.36%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.89%) CMS
5 5 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.95%) Confluence
7 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 84 (19.86%) Azure
2 78 (18.44%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (8.51%) AWS
4 19 (4.49%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.02%) SaaS
6 14 (3.31%) IaaS
7 13 (3.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.13%) GCP
9 9 (2.13%) PaaS
10 5 (1.18%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.71%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 298 (70.45%) WAN
2 235 (55.56%) BGP
3 209 (49.41%) LAN
4 187 (44.21%) Firewall
5 155 (36.64%) OSPF
6 140 (33.10%) SD-WAN
7 119 (28.13%) VPN
8 98 (23.17%) Wi-Fi
9 92 (21.75%) Wireless
10 83 (19.62%) TCP/IP
11 73 (17.26%) VLAN
12 70 (16.55%) DHCP
13 63 (14.89%) WLAN
14 57 (13.48%) DNS
15 53 (12.53%) IPsec
16 52 (12.29%) Internet
17 50 (11.82%) Ethernet
18 46 (10.87%) VoIP
19 45 (10.64%) Network Security
20 28 (6.62%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.60%) MongoDB
1 11 (2.60%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (3.31%) JIRA
2 11 (2.60%) GitLab
3 3 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (16.08%) Social Skills
2 61 (14.42%) Telecoms
3 40 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.04%) Finance
5 23 (5.44%) Law
6 9 (2.13%) Retail
7 7 (1.65%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.42%) Local Government
9 5 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.18%) Marketing
10 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.71%) Military
12 2 (0.47%) Advertising
12 2 (0.47%) Automotive
12 2 (0.47%) Billing
12 2 (0.47%) Games
13 1 (0.24%) French Language
13 1 (0.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 182 (43.03%) Network Engineer
2 98 (23.17%) Senior
3 61 (14.42%) Analyst
4 56 (13.24%) Senior Network Engineer
5 53 (12.53%) Network Analyst
6 45 (10.64%) IP Engineer
7 43 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (8.51%) IP Network Engineer
8 36 (8.51%) Network Operations Analyst
8 36 (8.51%) Operations Analyst
9 34 (8.04%) Juniper Engineer
10 30 (7.09%) Architect
11 26 (6.15%) Cisco Engineer
11 26 (6.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 25 (5.91%) Core Network Engineer
12 25 (5.91%) Senior Core Network Engineer
13 22 (5.20%) Project Manager
14 21 (4.96%) Network Architect
15 20 (4.73%) Senior IP Engineer
16 17 (4.02%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.96%) 802.1X
2 18 (4.26%) XML
3 16 (3.78%) NETCONF
4 11 (2.60%) JSON
4 11 (2.60%) REST
4 11 (2.60%) RESTCONF
4 11 (2.60%) SOAP
4 11 (2.60%) YAML
4 11 (2.60%) YANG
5 8 (1.89%) SAML
6 7 (1.65%) HTML
7 3 (0.71%) EDI
8 2 (0.47%) Middleware
8 2 (0.47%) Web Services
8 2 (0.47%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 89 (21.04%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.20%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.26%) Public Cloud
4 17 (4.02%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.07%) IoT
5 13 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (2.13%) ARM Cortex
6 9 (2.13%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.89%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.65%) Clustering
8 7 (1.65%) FMCG
8 7 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.65%) PKI
9 6 (1.42%) CCTV
9 6 (1.42%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (0.95%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 45 (10.64%) Windows
2 39 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.62%) Linux
4 19 (4.49%) Unix
4 19 (4.49%) VyOS
5 11 (2.60%) CentOS
6 6 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.47%) Solaris
9 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (15.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 57 (13.48%) ITIL
3 56 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (12.06%) Customer Service
5 47 (11.11%) Network Management
6 46 (10.87%) Network Design
6 46 (10.87%) Project Management
7 45 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (9.69%) Technical Leadership
9 40 (9.46%) Roadmaps
10 38 (8.98%) Mentoring
11 36 (8.51%) Agile
11 36 (8.51%) Load Balancing
12 29 (6.86%) Project Delivery
13 28 (6.62%) Network Monitoring
14 25 (5.91%) Technology Roadmap
15 24 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (5.44%) High Availability
17 22 (5.20%) Change Control
18 20 (4.73%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.38%) Python
2 20 (4.73%) PowerShell
3 19 (4.49%) SQL
4 5 (1.18%) Bash
5 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 147 (34.75%) Cisco Certification
2 116 (27.42%) CCNA
3 82 (19.39%) CCNP
4 59 (13.95%) Security Cleared
5 43 (10.17%) CCDP
5 43 (10.17%) CCIE
6 39 (9.22%) JNCIA
7 34 (8.04%) SC Cleared
8 20 (4.73%) JNCIP
9 16 (3.78%) APMP
10 12 (2.84%) Degree
11 10 (2.36%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 10 (2.36%) MCSE
11 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
13 7 (1.65%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.65%) JNCIE
14 4 (0.95%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.96%) SLA
2 18 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.31%) GDPR
4 9 (2.13%) COSHH
5 6 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.18%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 70 (16.55%) Active Directory
2 60 (14.18%) Hyper-V
3 41 (9.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (5.44%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (2.60%) Docker
6 7 (1.65%) Firmware
7 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.95%) vCloud
9 3 (0.71%) vSphere
10 2 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (8.27%) FortiGate
2 26 (6.15%) WSUS
3 13 (3.07%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.89%) Progress Chef
4 8 (1.89%) Puppet
4 8 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.42%) Endace
6 6 (1.42%) SCCM
7 5 (1.18%) Ansible
7 5 (1.18%) Nagios
7 5 (1.18%) OfficeScan
8 4 (0.95%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.71%) Nessus
9 3 (0.71%) SolarWinds Orion
9 3 (0.71%) Terraform
10 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 239 (56.50%) Cisco
2 143 (33.81%) Juniper
3 94 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 66 (15.60%) Nokia
5 65 (15.37%) Fortinet
6 57 (13.48%) VMware
7 51 (12.06%) Meraki
8 46 (10.87%) Ruckus Wireless
9 43 (10.17%) Palo Alto
10 42 (9.93%) CheckPoint
11 28 (6.62%) SolarWinds
12 25 (5.91%) Aruba
12 25 (5.91%) HP
13 21 (4.96%) F5
14 19 (4.49%) Vyatta
15 17 (4.02%) Ribbon
16 13 (3.07%) Dell
17 12 (2.84%) Darktrace
17 12 (2.84%) NEC
18 11 (2.60%) Mitel