Ethernet VPN Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Ethernet VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 521 561
Rank change year-on-year +17 +40 +198
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet VPN 5 45 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.13% 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.066% 0.91% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 35 9
10th Percentile £52,157 £51,250 £81,250
25th Percentile £58,672 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,989 £60,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.32% -29.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £83,098 £62,500 -
90th Percentile £89,489 £64,750 -
UK median annual salary £95,000 £60,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +58.33% -29.41% +13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Ethernet VPN 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,571 4,931 5,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.85% 13.73% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,822 2,461 4,336
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

Ethernet VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethernet VPN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Ethernet VPN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Ethernet VPN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ethernet VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ethernet VPN

Ethernet VPN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet VPN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Ethernet VPN in the UK excluding London

Ethernet VPN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet VPN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
South West +12 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 £49,479 -
Midlands - 2 £49,479 -
South East -6 1 £92,500 +54.17% 6
Ethernet VPN
UK

Ethernet VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (80.00%) BGP
1 4 (80.00%) MPLS
2 3 (60.00%) 4G
2 3 (60.00%) Broadband
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (60.00%) IOS XR
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) Network Security
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) IPv4
4 1 (20.00%) IPv6
4 1 (20.00%) NGFW
4 1 (20.00%) OSPF
4 1 (20.00%) VLAN
4 1 (20.00%) VPLS
4 1 (20.00%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Associate Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Technician
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Jinja
1 3 (60.00%) NETCONF
1 3 (60.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Data Science
1 3 (60.00%) Network Design
1 3 (60.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Mellanox
2 1 (20.00%) NVIDIA