MPLS Jobs in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 212 235
Rank change year-on-year +54 +23 +5
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 12 32 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.39% 0.48% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.56% 3.30% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12 25 23
10th Percentile £56,875 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,688 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,475 £112,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 469 970 972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.30% 14.40% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 212 690 545
10th Percentile £25,800 £28,475 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £74,900
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for MPLS in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 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
Berkshire +30 9 £65,000 +4.00% 8
Buckinghamshire +35 3 £85,000 +6.25% 2
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) WAN
2 6 (50.00%) BGP
2 6 (50.00%) LAN
3 5 (41.67%) IPsec
3 5 (41.67%) Junos
4 4 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (33.33%) DWDM
4 4 (33.33%) Ethernet
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
5 3 (25.00%) VPN
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (16.67%) DMZ
6 2 (16.67%) GPON
6 2 (16.67%) Internet
6 2 (16.67%) IPv4
6 2 (16.67%) IPv6
6 2 (16.67%) Network Security
6 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (8.33%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Advertising
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Architect
2 6 (50.00%) Network Architect
3 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
5 1 (8.33%) Lead Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Network Design
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 2 (16.67%) Network Management
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.33%) Capacity Management
5 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 1 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) CCNP
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (50.00%) CCNA
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) JNCIS
4 1 (8.33%) CCIE
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
1 8 (66.67%) Juniper
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Nokia
3 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 2 (16.67%) SevOne
3 2 (16.67%) Splunk