MPLS Job Trends in South London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South London requiring MPLS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 0.22% - 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.60% - 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £53,250
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile - - £64,375
90th Percentile - - £64,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year -3.45% +13.73% +14.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 168 88 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 36.36% 15.47% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 19 46 32
10th Percentile £27,694 £33,125 £32,850
25th Percentile £31,250 £44,688 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,822 £45,625
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +33.31% -13.10%
75th Percentile £49,000 £73,750 £65,625
90th Percentile £55,200 - £76,250
London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in South London

MPLS
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing MPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing MPLS

MPLS
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the South London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Croydon - 1 - -
MPLS
London

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) IOS XR
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Associate Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Jinja
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco