VPLS Job Trends in England

Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring VPLS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 658 647
Rank change year-on-year +61 -11 +306
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 3 18 19
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.006% 0.036% 0.042%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.034% 0.27% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile £49,251 £57,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,407 £65,000 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -11.11% +22.03%
75th Percentile £59,375 £83,750 -
90th Percentile £62,000 £84,500 £149,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -31.25% -11.11% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

VPLS 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 8,895 6,646 6,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.10% 13.40% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,509 3,518 5,355
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £28,697 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

VPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VPLS job vacancy trend in England

VPLS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VPLS

VPLS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPLS in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VPLS in England

VPLS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPLS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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 +21 1 £55,000 -33.33% 5
Midlands +21 1 £49,479 -10.04% 14
East Midlands -7 1 £49,479 -10.04% 6
South West - 1 £62,500 - 8
VPLS
UK

VPLS
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) IPv4
3 1 (33.33%) IPv6
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) PBX
3 1 (33.33%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) e-Health
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Network Management
1 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Meraki
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
3 1 (33.33%) Aruba
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Zscaler