MPLS Job Trends in Leicester

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring MPLS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.19% - 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.86% - 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £35,050
25th Percentile £46,750 - £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - £49,500
75th Percentile £50,250 - £59,625
90th Percentile - - £64,350
Leicestershire median annual salary £48,500 - £49,500

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 14 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 6.51% 10.22% 12.77%
Number of salaries quoted 35 8 41
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,525 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,688 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +36.00% -13.99%
75th Percentile £45,000 £61,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £49,500 £67,625 £56,250
Leicestershire median annual salary £36,750 £52,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -29.33% +38.67% +0.49%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Leicester

MPLS
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing MPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing MPLS

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet