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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 467 600
Rank change year-on-year -37 +133 -63
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 315 420 736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.59% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.16% 3.65% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 244 299 595
10th Percentile £35,375 £38,083 £39,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £72,313 £74,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £89,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 9,962 11,495 18,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.71% 16.17% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 6,665 10,966
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -2 113 £70,000 +7.69% 10
Midlands +23 70 £48,500 -30.71% 4
West Midlands +51 68 £45,000 -41.94% 4
North of England +7 61 £51,250 +13.89% 14
South East -6 59 £62,500 +13.64% 13
North West +2 37 £46,500 -36.95% 10
Yorkshire +53 28 £60,000 +33.33% 4
East of England -4 19 £45,000 -25.00% 4
South West -38 15 £48,500 -3.00% 3
North East -15 3 £62,500 -19.35% 1
East Midlands -38 2 £50,000 -28.57%
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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 33 (10.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.54%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.59%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 70 (22.22%) Azure
2 49 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (11.43%) AWS
4 19 (6.03%) SaaS
5 15 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 15 (4.76%) IaaS
6 11 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (3.49%) PaaS
7 7 (2.22%) GCP
8 5 (1.59%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (1.59%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.59%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.59%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.95%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.32%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 221 (70.16%) WAN
2 154 (48.89%) BGP
3 153 (48.57%) Firewall
4 138 (43.81%) LAN
5 111 (35.24%) VPN
6 95 (30.16%) OSPF
6 95 (30.16%) SD-WAN
7 67 (21.27%) VLAN
8 64 (20.32%) Wi-Fi
9 60 (19.05%) Wireless
10 58 (18.41%) IPsec
10 58 (18.41%) TCP/IP
11 54 (17.14%) DHCP
11 54 (17.14%) DNS
12 40 (12.70%) VoIP
13 39 (12.38%) Network Security
14 37 (11.75%) WLAN
15 30 (9.52%) Ethernet
15 30 (9.52%) Internet
16 23 (7.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.49%) MongoDB
1 11 (3.49%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.13%) JIRA
2 11 (3.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (17.14%) Telecoms
2 38 (12.06%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.35%) Law
4 14 (4.44%) Finance
5 10 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (3.17%) Retail
6 6 (1.90%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.27%) Marketing
8 3 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.95%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.32%) Advertising
9 1 (0.32%) Billing
9 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.32%) Military
9 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 73 (23.17%) Senior
3 41 (13.02%) Senior Network Engineer
4 40 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 28 (8.89%) IP Engineer
5 28 (8.89%) Juniper Engineer
6 26 (8.25%) Analyst
6 26 (8.25%) Network Analyst
7 20 (6.35%) IP Network Engineer
8 19 (6.03%) WAN Engineer
9 17 (5.40%) Architect
9 17 (5.40%) Cisco Engineer
9 17 (5.40%) Project Manager
10 16 (5.08%) Consultant
10 16 (5.08%) Core Network Engineer
11 15 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 15 (4.76%) Senior Core Network Engineer
11 15 (4.76%) Senior IP Engineer
12 14 (4.44%) Operations Analyst
12 14 (4.44%) Senior IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.03%) 802.1X
2 18 (5.71%) XML
3 17 (5.40%) NETCONF
4 12 (3.81%) RESTCONF
5 11 (3.49%) JSON
5 11 (3.49%) REST
5 11 (3.49%) SOAP
5 11 (3.49%) YAML
5 11 (3.49%) YANG
6 8 (2.54%) SAML
7 7 (2.22%) HTML
8 2 (0.63%) LDAP
8 2 (0.63%) X-Windows
9 1 (0.32%) EDI
9 1 (0.32%) Middleware
9 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (24.44%) Data Centre
2 21 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 19 (6.03%) Driving Licence
4 17 (5.40%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.44%) IoT
6 13 (4.13%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.54%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.54%) PKI
8 7 (2.22%) FMCG
8 7 (2.22%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.90%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.63%) Clustering
12 2 (0.63%) SCADA
13 1 (0.32%) FlexPod
13 1 (0.32%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (0.32%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.94%) Linux
2 20 (6.35%) Windows
3 19 (6.03%) Unix
4 18 (5.71%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.49%) CentOS
6 6 (1.90%) VyOS
7 3 (0.95%) VMS
7 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (18.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (14.60%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (14.60%) ITIL
3 42 (13.33%) Network Management
4 38 (12.06%) Customer Service
5 33 (10.48%) Agile
5 33 (10.48%) Project Management
6 31 (9.84%) Load Balancing
7 29 (9.21%) Roadmaps
8 26 (8.25%) Network Design
9 25 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
10 24 (7.62%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (6.03%) Change Control
11 19 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (5.71%) Information Security
12 18 (5.71%) Open Source
12 18 (5.71%) PRINCE2
12 18 (5.71%) Project Delivery
13 17 (5.40%) High Availability
13 17 (5.40%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.30%) Python
2 17 (5.40%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.81%) SQL
4 2 (0.63%) Bicep
5 1 (0.32%) Go
5 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 93 (29.52%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (22.22%) CCNA
3 56 (17.78%) CCNP
4 48 (15.24%) Security Cleared
5 32 (10.16%) SC Cleared
6 24 (7.62%) CCIE
7 20 (6.35%) CCDP
8 16 (5.08%) APMP
9 14 (4.44%) JNCIA
10 13 (4.13%) Degree
11 11 (3.49%) JNCIP
12 9 (2.86%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 8 (2.54%) JNCIE
14 7 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (1.90%) Azure Certification
15 6 (1.90%) CTC Cleared
16 5 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (1.59%) MCSE
16 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
17 4 (1.27%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
1 14 (4.44%) SLA
2 11 (3.49%) GDPR
3 8 (2.54%) NCSC
4 6 (1.90%) COSHH
5 5 (1.59%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (15.87%) Active Directory
2 45 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 33 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (6.35%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.49%) Docker
6 9 (2.86%) Firmware
7 4 (1.27%) vCloud
8 3 (0.95%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.95%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (7.30%) WSUS
2 21 (6.67%) FortiGate
3 13 (4.13%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.54%) Progress Chef
4 8 (2.54%) Puppet
4 8 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.90%) Nessus
7 4 (1.27%) Ansible
8 3 (0.95%) BMC PATROL
8 3 (0.95%) Endace
8 3 (0.95%) Nagios
8 3 (0.95%) OfficeScan
8 3 (0.95%) SCCM
8 3 (0.95%) Terraform
8 3 (0.95%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 186 (59.05%) Cisco
2 101 (32.06%) Juniper
3 72 (22.86%) Microsoft
4 60 (19.05%) Fortinet
5 48 (15.24%) VMware
6 40 (12.70%) Nokia
7 37 (11.75%) Meraki
8 33 (10.48%) CheckPoint
9 30 (9.52%) Palo Alto
10 28 (8.89%) Ruckus Wireless
10 28 (8.89%) SolarWinds
11 26 (8.25%) HP
12 16 (5.08%) Dell
13 14 (4.44%) Aruba
13 14 (4.44%) Darktrace
13 14 (4.44%) F5
13 14 (4.44%) NEC
13 14 (4.44%) Ribbon
14 10 (3.17%) Arista
15 8 (2.54%) Tufin