VPLS Jobs in England

Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for VPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPLS over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 894 1045
Rank change year-on-year +92 +151 -234
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 30 62 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.035% 0.066% 0.064%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.25% 0.43% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 27 47 82
10th Percentile £41,800 £46,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £58,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +60.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £57,250
90th Percentile - £110,000 £73,625
UK median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +80.00% +17.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

VPLS 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 12,162 14,510 17,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.35% 15.44% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 8,624 7,553 10,471
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,000
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 £87,900 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

VPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPLS in England

VPLS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for VPLS in England

VPLS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPLS in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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 24 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 +146 19 £85,000 -5.56% 2
South West -11 7 £52,500 - 5
North of England +50 2 - - 1
North West +11 2 - - 1
East of England - 2 £25,000 -
VPLS
UK

VPLS
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 2 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (90.00%) MPLS
2 24 (80.00%) BGP
3 21 (70.00%) Firewall
4 11 (36.67%) WAN
5 9 (30.00%) LAN
6 8 (26.67%) RSVP
7 7 (23.33%) IGRP
7 7 (23.33%) VRRP
8 5 (16.67%) DNS
8 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
8 5 (16.67%) VPN
9 4 (13.33%) VoIP
10 3 (10.00%) DHCP
10 3 (10.00%) Wireless
11 2 (6.67%) Skype
11 2 (6.67%) SNMP
11 2 (6.67%) SSL
11 2 (6.67%) Unified Communications
11 2 (6.67%) VLAN
11 2 (6.67%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (26.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Automotive
3 2 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Network Engineer
2 15 (50.00%) Senior
3 8 (26.67%) Core Network Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) IP Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) IP Network Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Juniper Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Senior Core Network Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Senior IP Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Senior IP Network Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (23.33%) Consultant
4 7 (23.33%) Senior Consultant
4 7 (23.33%) Solutions Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Business Development Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Development Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Support
5 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Presales
2 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (20.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (6.67%) Business Development
3 2 (6.67%) CAD
3 2 (6.67%) Coaching
3 2 (6.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (6.67%) Information Security
3 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (6.67%) IT Strategy
3 2 (6.67%) ITIL
3 2 (6.67%) Market Research
4 1 (3.33%) Analytics
4 1 (3.33%) Biotechnology
4 1 (3.33%) Capacity Management
4 1 (3.33%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.33%) Change Control
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) CCNA
1 8 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (26.67%) JNCIA
1 8 (26.67%) JNCIP
2 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) CCNP
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (6.67%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.33%) Docker
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Cisco
2 17 (56.67%) Juniper
3 9 (30.00%) Meraki
4 8 (26.67%) Nokia
5 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
6 3 (10.00%) HP
6 3 (10.00%) VMware
7 2 (6.67%) Acronis
7 2 (6.67%) Aerohive Networks
7 2 (6.67%) Citrix
7 2 (6.67%) Dell
7 2 (6.67%) EqualLogic
7 2 (6.67%) Mitel
7 2 (6.67%) NETGEAR
7 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
7 2 (6.67%) Symantec
7 2 (6.67%) Synology
7 2 (6.67%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (3.33%) Ruckus Wireless