MPLS Jobs in England

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 461 525
Rank change year-on-year -58 +64 +91
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 175 419 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.49% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.11% 3.48% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 122 333 290
10th Percentile £41,311 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% -7.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,000 £97,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% -

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 8,279 12,050 14,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.83% 14.03% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,720 8,523 7,180
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £35,394
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

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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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
London +28 62 £60,000 -14.29% 33
South East +75 36 £65,000 +18.18% 39
South West +111 28 £55,000 +13.40% 9
Midlands -21 23 £65,000 +34.02% 19
West Midlands -22 22 £65,000 +34.02% 11
North of England -8 16 £48,750 +8.33% 11
North West -38 10 £65,000 +52.94% 4
East of England +26 9 £57,500 +27.78% 7
Yorkshire +47 6 £32,500 -46.94% 7
East Midlands +29 1 £42,500 -15.00% 7
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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 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.14%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.86%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (5.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.71%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 56 (32.00%) Azure
2 43 (24.57%) AWS
3 11 (6.29%) AWS Direct Connect
3 11 (6.29%) GCP
4 8 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.29%) IaaS
5 4 (2.29%) SaaS
6 3 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (1.71%) Cloudflare
6 3 (1.71%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 115 (65.71%) WAN
2 106 (60.57%) Firewall
3 98 (56.00%) BGP
4 77 (44.00%) VPN
5 76 (43.43%) LAN
6 72 (41.14%) OSPF
7 58 (33.14%) SD-WAN
8 42 (24.00%) IPsec
9 38 (21.71%) TCP/IP
10 34 (19.43%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (18.86%) Network Security
12 28 (16.00%) Cisco ISE
13 27 (15.43%) DNS
13 27 (15.43%) Wireless
14 25 (14.29%) WLAN
15 24 (13.71%) VoIP
16 23 (13.14%) VLAN
17 22 (12.57%) Cisco ASA
17 22 (12.57%) DHCP
17 22 (12.57%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (1.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.14%) JIRA
3 1 (0.57%) GitLab
3 1 (0.57%) Robot Framework
General
1 44 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.71%) Finance
3 19 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.14%) Telecoms
5 14 (8.00%) Banking
5 14 (8.00%) Legal
6 10 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.14%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.86%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.14%) Advertising
10 2 (1.14%) Front Office
10 2 (1.14%) Retail
11 1 (0.57%) Aviation
11 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Korean Language
11 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (36.00%) Network Engineer
2 38 (21.71%) Architect
3 34 (19.43%) Network Architect
4 17 (9.71%) Senior
5 14 (8.00%) Junior
5 14 (8.00%) Lead
5 14 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (6.86%) NOC Engineer
7 10 (5.71%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (5.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 10 (5.71%) Coordinator
7 10 (5.71%) Help Desk Coordinator
7 10 (5.71%) Operations Engineer
8 9 (5.14%) Consultant
9 8 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 7 (4.00%) Network Consultant
10 7 (4.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.00%) Network Operations Engineer
11 6 (3.43%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.14%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.57%) Jinja
2 1 (0.57%) OpenConfig
2 1 (0.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (18.29%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.00%) CCTV
3 11 (6.29%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.71%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (4.57%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.43%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.43%) Private Cloud
7 5 (2.86%) Mobile Computing
8 4 (2.29%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.71%) PMI
10 2 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.57%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.57%) Clustering
11 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.57%) NHS
11 1 (0.57%) PKI
11 1 (0.57%) SCADA
11 1 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.00%) Windows
2 17 (9.71%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.57%) Linux
4 13 (7.43%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (17.14%) Network Design
3 26 (14.86%) ITIL
4 24 (13.71%) Technical Leadership
5 23 (13.14%) Network Architecture
5 23 (13.14%) Network Management
5 23 (13.14%) Network Monitoring
6 18 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (9.71%) Mentoring
7 17 (9.71%) Roadmaps
8 16 (9.14%) High Availability
8 16 (9.14%) Incident Management
9 15 (8.57%) Change Management
9 15 (8.57%) Requirements Gathering
10 13 (7.43%) Network Segmentation
10 13 (7.43%) Root Cause Analysis
11 12 (6.86%) Cloud Security
11 12 (6.86%) Configuration Management
11 12 (6.86%) Project Delivery
12 11 (6.29%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.29%) SQL
2 17 (9.71%) Python
3 14 (8.00%) PowerShell
4 11 (6.29%) Bash
5 4 (2.29%) PHP
6 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.57%) R
6 1 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 84 (48.00%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (38.86%) CCNA
3 62 (35.43%) CCNP
4 46 (26.29%) Security Cleared
5 36 (20.57%) SC Cleared
6 24 (13.71%) JNCIS
7 14 (8.00%) DV Cleared
8 13 (7.43%) Degree
9 12 (6.86%) CCIE
10 5 (2.86%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.86%) JNCIA
11 4 (2.29%) CCSA
11 4 (2.29%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.71%) CCDA
12 3 (1.71%) CCDP
12 3 (1.71%) CCSE
12 3 (1.71%) PMI Certification
13 2 (1.14%) DBS Check
13 2 (1.14%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.71%) SLA
2 6 (3.43%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.57%) COBIT
5 1 (0.57%) GDPR
5 1 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (9.71%) Hyper-V
3 15 (8.57%) Active Directory
4 13 (7.43%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.86%) Firmware
6 4 (2.29%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (9.14%) FortiGate
2 10 (5.71%) Nagios
3 9 (5.14%) Ansible
4 6 (3.43%) Proxmox
5 5 (2.86%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.86%) Terraform
5 5 (2.86%) WSUS
6 4 (2.29%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (1.71%) CASB
7 3 (1.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 119 (68.00%) Cisco
2 67 (38.29%) Juniper
3 50 (28.57%) VMware
4 45 (25.71%) Microsoft
5 39 (22.29%) SolarWinds
6 37 (21.14%) Fortinet
7 22 (12.57%) CheckPoint
7 22 (12.57%) Meraki
8 19 (10.86%) Palo Alto
9 13 (7.43%) SevOne
10 12 (6.86%) Citrix
11 11 (6.29%) Dynatrace
11 11 (6.29%) Red Hat
12 10 (5.71%) Veeam
13 9 (5.14%) F5
14 8 (4.57%) HP
14 8 (4.57%) Infoblox
14 8 (4.57%) Riverbed
15 7 (4.00%) Arista
15 7 (4.00%) Extreme Networks