MPLS Job Trends in the South East

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring MPLS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 257 322
Rank change year-on-year -26 +65 -33
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 24 29 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.15% 0.34% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.80% 2.23% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 24 25 50
10th Percentile £44,000 £41,860 £44,175
25th Percentile £69,063 £61,250 £47,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £74,688 £77,500 £76,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,250 £83,250
England median annual salary £73,750 £63,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.69% +21.43% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,337 1,302 2,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.51% 15.14% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,043 806 1,792
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,375 £30,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +4.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MPLS

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the South East over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Thames Valley +10 11 £72,500 - 3
Hampshire -31 10 £75,000 +15.38% 7
Oxfordshire - 10 £72,500 - 1
Surrey -25 3 £45,000 -40.00%
Berkshire +16 1 £67,500 -6.90% 2
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 23 (95.83%) BGP
1 23 (95.83%) VPN
2 21 (87.50%) WAN
3 17 (70.83%) SNMP
4 16 (66.67%) HTTP
5 14 (58.33%) Network Security
6 13 (54.17%) IPsec
7 12 (50.00%) SD-WAN
8 11 (45.83%) DHCP
8 11 (45.83%) DNS
8 11 (45.83%) SSL
9 10 (41.67%) FTP
9 10 (41.67%) ICMP
9 10 (41.67%) SSH
9 10 (41.67%) VLAN
10 6 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (25.00%) OSPF
11 4 (16.67%) LAN
11 4 (16.67%) VoIP
12 3 (12.50%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 5 (20.83%) Finance
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Military
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Architect
2 11 (45.83%) Network Architect
3 10 (41.67%) Network Security Architect
3 10 (41.67%) Security Architect
4 6 (25.00%) Network Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Cisco Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Network Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) WAN Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Network Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Network Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Sales Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Network Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (41.67%) OAuth
1 10 (41.67%) SAML
2 3 (12.50%) 802.1X
3 2 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 7 (29.17%) PKI
3 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
2 2 (8.33%) Windows
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 10 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (41.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 8 (33.33%) Network Design
4 6 (25.00%) Capacity Management
4 6 (25.00%) Cryptography
4 6 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 6 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (20.83%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (8.33%) Network Management
6 2 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
7 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.17%) Product Strategy
7 1 (4.17%) Security Analytics
7 1 (4.17%) Task Automation
7 1 (4.17%) Technical Discovery
7 1 (4.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) CCNP
3 6 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (16.67%) CCNA
5 1 (4.17%) CCIE
5 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (45.83%) NIST
2 3 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (62.50%) FortiGate
2 10 (41.67%) CASB
3 6 (25.00%) Endace
4 2 (8.33%) Ansible
5 1 (4.17%) Cilium
5 1 (4.17%) Istio
5 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
5 1 (4.17%) OpenView
5 1 (4.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Cisco
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
3 10 (41.67%) Palo Alto
4 6 (25.00%) F5
4 6 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 6 (25.00%) Juniper
5 3 (12.50%) Meraki
6 1 (4.17%) ArcSight
6 1 (4.17%) EMC
6 1 (4.17%) ExtraHop
6 1 (4.17%) HP
6 1 (4.17%) Radware
6 1 (4.17%) Riverbed
6 1 (4.17%) SonicWALL