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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 378 440
Rank change year-on-year +34 +62 +141
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 59 140 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.46% 0.59% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.24% 4.28% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 44 107 158
10th Percentile £33,200 - £39,850
25th Percentile £44,375 £51,250 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £79,375 £78,875 £88,125
90th Percentile £106,250 £87,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% -8.33%

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 1,819 3,274 4,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.07% 13.88% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 942 2,009 2,754
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,950 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,719 £42,500 £42,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £86,250 £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 14 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 14 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 +26 8 £67,500 +12.50% 5
South London +1 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 (5.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (49.15%) AWS
2 26 (44.07%) Azure
3 10 (16.95%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (15.25%) GCP
5 2 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.69%) IaaS
6 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (79.66%) WAN
2 45 (76.27%) Firewall
3 44 (74.58%) BGP
3 44 (74.58%) OSPF
4 32 (54.24%) LAN
4 32 (54.24%) SD-WAN
4 32 (54.24%) VPN
5 20 (33.90%) WLAN
6 16 (27.12%) IPsec
6 16 (27.12%) TCP/IP
7 14 (23.73%) Wireless
8 13 (22.03%) Cisco ISE
8 13 (22.03%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (20.34%) Network Security
9 12 (20.34%) VXLAN
10 11 (18.64%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (16.95%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (16.95%) NX-OS
12 8 (13.56%) DHCP
12 8 (13.56%) DNS
General
1 16 (27.12%) Finance
2 13 (22.03%) Banking
3 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
4 8 (13.56%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.69%) Korean Language
7 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (49.15%) Network Engineer
2 10 (16.95%) NOC Engineer
3 8 (13.56%) Consultant
3 8 (13.56%) Junior
3 8 (13.56%) Senior
4 7 (11.86%) Lead
5 6 (10.17%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Network Consultant
5 6 (10.17%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Network Operations Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Infoblox Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Azure Consultant
8 3 (5.08%) Juniper Consultant
8 3 (5.08%) Network Analyst
8 3 (5.08%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.12%) Data Centre
2 10 (16.95%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.47%) Mobile Computing
4 2 (3.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (23.73%) High Availability
3 13 (22.03%) Change Management
3 13 (22.03%) Network Monitoring
4 11 (18.64%) Cloud Security
4 11 (18.64%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (16.95%) Incident Management
5 10 (16.95%) ITIL
6 8 (13.56%) Artificial Intelligence
6 8 (13.56%) Cost Optimisation
7 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (11.86%) Network Management
7 7 (11.86%) Network Segmentation
7 7 (11.86%) Roadmaps
8 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (10.17%) Mentoring
8 6 (10.17%) Network Architecture
8 6 (10.17%) Process Improvement
8 6 (10.17%) Project Delivery
8 6 (10.17%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.95%) Python
2 9 (15.25%) Bash
3 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (57.63%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (49.15%) CCNA
3 17 (28.81%) CCNP
4 6 (10.17%) CCIE
5 5 (8.47%) Degree
6 4 (6.78%) JNCIA
7 3 (5.08%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.08%) CCSA
8 2 (3.39%) CCSE
8 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.39%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.69%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) COBIT
1 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.69%) NIST
1 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (6.78%) Firmware
2 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (13.56%) Nagios
2 6 (10.17%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.69%) Ansible
3 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (71.19%) Cisco
2 23 (38.98%) SolarWinds
3 19 (32.20%) Juniper
4 15 (25.42%) Fortinet
5 13 (22.03%) CheckPoint
6 10 (16.95%) Dynatrace
6 10 (16.95%) Meraki
7 8 (13.56%) Infoblox
7 8 (13.56%) Palo Alto
8 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
9 6 (10.17%) Arista
9 6 (10.17%) Riverbed
10 5 (8.47%) F5
11 4 (6.78%) Citrix
12 3 (5.08%) AlgoSec
12 3 (5.08%) Dell
13 2 (3.39%) Avaya
13 2 (3.39%) ForeScout
13 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
13 2 (3.39%) SevOne