MPLS Job Trends in England

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring MPLS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 486 481
Rank change year-on-year -147 -5 +26
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 84 166 387
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.096% 0.38% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.30% 2.55% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 64 108 297
10th Percentile £37,039 £33,200 £32,650
25th Percentile £47,313 £49,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £63,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.69% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £88,438 £75,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% +23.81% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,474 6,521 11,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.39% 15.02% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,273 3,747 7,947
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,800 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,200 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.77%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in England

MPLS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MPLS

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

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 13 July 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
London -55 40 £98,750 +58.00% 16
South East -26 24 £72,500 +11.54% 14
North of England -30 14 £50,000 +53.85% 6
Yorkshire -30 10 £50,000 +53.85% 3
North West -21 4 £44,250 - 3
South West -87 3 £38,378 -30.22% 8
East of England -19 1 - -
East Midlands -30 1 £48,500 +14.12%
Midlands -51 1 £48,500 -25.38% 3
MPLS
UK

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.19%) Azure
2 21 (25.00%) AWS
3 13 (15.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (13.10%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (13.10%) SaaS
5 6 (7.14%) GCP
6 2 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.38%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.19%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.19%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 72 (85.71%) WAN
2 63 (75.00%) BGP
3 58 (69.05%) SD-WAN
4 56 (66.67%) VPN
5 45 (53.57%) Firewall
6 41 (48.81%) LAN
7 37 (44.05%) OSPF
8 32 (38.10%) Network Security
9 27 (32.14%) IPsec
10 22 (26.19%) VXLAN
11 20 (23.81%) VLAN
12 19 (22.62%) Cisco Firepower
12 19 (22.62%) SNMP
13 18 (21.43%) Cisco ASA
13 18 (21.43%) WLAN
14 17 (20.24%) Cisco ISE
15 16 (19.05%) HTTP
16 15 (17.86%) DHCP
16 15 (17.86%) DNS
16 15 (17.86%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 5 (5.95%) GitLab
2 2 (2.38%) Git
3 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 22 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.00%) Finance
3 10 (11.90%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.90%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.14%) Retail
5 4 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.76%) Banking
5 4 (4.76%) Marketing
6 3 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Military
7 2 (2.38%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 35 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 31 (36.90%) Architect
3 21 (25.00%) Network Architect
4 10 (11.90%) Network Security Architect
4 10 (11.90%) Security Architect
5 8 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (8.33%) Analyst
6 7 (8.33%) Network Operations Engineer
6 7 (8.33%) Operations Engineer
6 7 (8.33%) Senior
7 6 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.14%) IT Support
7 6 (7.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.95%) Firewall Engineer
8 5 (5.95%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 5 (5.95%) Network Analyst
8 5 (5.95%) Support Analyst
9 4 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.90%) OAuth
1 10 (11.90%) SAML
2 4 (4.76%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (3.57%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.38%) REST
5 1 (1.19%) Jinja
5 1 (1.19%) NETCONF
5 1 (1.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 32 (38.10%) Data Centre
2 15 (17.86%) PKI
3 10 (11.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (5.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (5.95%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.76%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.57%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.57%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.38%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.38%) Social Media
8 1 (1.19%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.29%) Linux
2 8 (9.52%) Windows
3 1 (1.19%) Unix
3 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.76%) Network Segmentation
2 19 (22.62%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (19.05%) Network Design
3 16 (19.05%) Zero Trust
4 14 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (15.48%) High Availability
5 13 (15.48%) Presales
6 12 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (11.90%) Cloud Security
7 10 (11.90%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 10 (11.90%) Project Delivery
7 10 (11.90%) Roadmaps
8 9 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (10.71%) ITIL
8 9 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (9.52%) Observability
10 7 (8.33%) Network Architecture
11 6 (7.14%) Cryptography
11 6 (7.14%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.24%) Python
2 7 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.76%) Bash
4 2 (2.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 30 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 23 (27.38%) CCNA
4 21 (25.00%) CCNP
5 14 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 13 (15.48%) SC Cleared
7 8 (9.52%) CCIE
8 7 (8.33%) Degree
9 5 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (2.38%) CCSA
11 2 (2.38%) CCSE
11 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.38%) MBA
12 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (14.29%) NIST
3 5 (5.95%) SLA
4 2 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (8.33%) VMware NSX
2 5 (5.95%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.76%) vSphere
4 3 (3.57%) Docker
5 2 (2.38%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (20.24%) FortiGate
2 13 (15.48%) Ansible
3 10 (11.90%) CASB
4 6 (7.14%) Endace
5 4 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (4.76%) Terraform
5 4 (4.76%) WSUS
6 3 (3.57%) OpenView
6 3 (3.57%) Tivoli
7 2 (2.38%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.19%) Cilium
8 1 (1.19%) Istio
Vendors
1 70 (83.33%) Cisco
2 32 (38.10%) Meraki
3 28 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 27 (32.14%) Fortinet
5 22 (26.19%) CheckPoint
6 17 (20.24%) Juniper
7 16 (19.05%) Microsoft
8 14 (16.67%) F5
9 13 (15.48%) SolarWinds
10 11 (13.10%) Dynatrace
11 7 (8.33%) VMware
12 5 (5.95%) Aruba
12 5 (5.95%) ServiceNow
13 4 (4.76%) Arista
13 4 (4.76%) Splunk
14 3 (3.57%) ArcSight
14 3 (3.57%) ExtraHop
14 3 (3.57%) Huawei
14 3 (3.57%) Polycom
14 3 (3.57%) Riverbed