MPLS Jobs in London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 358 448
Rank change year-on-year +31 +90 +126
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 65 146 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.51% 0.62% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.81% 4.38% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 54 111 154
10th Percentile £33,200 £50,625 £37,225
25th Percentile £46,563 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.76% +0.77%
75th Percentile £83,125 £78,875 £93,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £87,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £64,800 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +29.60% -9.09% -7.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,352 3,337 4,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.61% 14.13% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 973 2,051 2,809
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in London

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Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in London.

Salary trend for MPLS in London

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MPLS in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +28 8 £67,500 +8.00% 5
South London +14 2 £50,000 -23.08%
MPLS
England

MPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.62%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 31 (47.69%) Azure
2 29 (44.62%) AWS
3 9 (13.85%) GCP
4 7 (10.77%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (3.08%) SaaS
6 1 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.54%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.54%) IaaS
6 1 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (83.08%) WAN
2 48 (73.85%) Firewall
3 46 (70.77%) BGP
3 46 (70.77%) OSPF
4 39 (60.00%) LAN
5 34 (52.31%) SD-WAN
6 32 (49.23%) VPN
7 20 (30.77%) WLAN
8 18 (27.69%) TCP/IP
9 16 (24.62%) Network Security
9 16 (24.62%) Wireless
10 13 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
10 13 (20.00%) IPsec
11 11 (16.92%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (15.38%) VXLAN
13 9 (13.85%) DHCP
13 9 (13.85%) DNS
14 8 (12.31%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (12.31%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (10.77%) NX-OS
General
1 16 (24.62%) Finance
2 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.00%) Banking
4 8 (12.31%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 4 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.54%) Korean Language
8 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (49.23%) Network Engineer
2 11 (16.92%) NOC Engineer
3 9 (13.85%) Consultant
3 9 (13.85%) Junior
3 9 (13.85%) Senior
4 7 (10.77%) Network Consultant
5 6 (9.23%) Lead
5 6 (9.23%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Architect
6 5 (7.69%) Network Architect
7 4 (6.15%) Azure Consultant
7 4 (6.15%) Cisco Consultant
7 4 (6.15%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 4 (6.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Juniper Consultant
7 4 (6.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Network Operations Engineer
7 4 (6.15%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.15%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.69%) Mobile Computing
4 2 (3.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.15%) Network Monitoring
2 15 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (21.54%) High Availability
4 11 (16.92%) Change Management
4 11 (16.92%) ITIL
4 11 (16.92%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 10 (15.38%) Incident Management
6 9 (13.85%) Network Management
6 9 (13.85%) Roadmaps
7 8 (12.31%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (12.31%) Cost Optimisation
8 6 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (9.23%) Mentoring
8 6 (9.23%) Network Architecture
8 6 (9.23%) Network Virtualisation
8 6 (9.23%) Project Delivery
9 5 (7.69%) Network Segmentation
10 4 (6.15%) Runbook
10 4 (6.15%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.46%) Python
2 9 (13.85%) Bash
3 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (49.23%) CCNA
3 21 (32.31%) CCNP
4 6 (9.23%) CCIE
4 6 (9.23%) Degree
5 5 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.69%) JNCIA
5 5 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.08%) CCSA
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CCSE
7 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.54%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) COBIT
1 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.54%) NIST
1 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (7.69%) Firmware
2 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (12.31%) Nagios
2 6 (9.23%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.62%) Ansible
4 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (69.23%) Cisco
2 23 (35.38%) Juniper
3 20 (30.77%) SolarWinds
4 15 (23.08%) Fortinet
5 14 (21.54%) CheckPoint
6 13 (20.00%) Palo Alto
7 11 (16.92%) Meraki
7 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
8 7 (10.77%) Arista
8 7 (10.77%) Dynatrace
8 7 (10.77%) F5
8 7 (10.77%) Riverbed
9 6 (9.23%) Citrix
9 6 (9.23%) Infoblox
10 3 (4.62%) AlgoSec
10 3 (4.62%) Dell
10 3 (4.62%) VMware
11 2 (3.08%) Avaya
11 2 (3.08%) ForeScout
11 2 (3.08%) SevOne