MPLS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MPLS over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 486 494 534
Rank change year-on-year +8 +40 -143
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 290 273 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.44% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.97% 2.48% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 237 150 259
10th Percentile £26,700 £33,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +7.14%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £75,375 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

MPLS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,770 11,020 10,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.94% 17.94% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,097 4,865 6,526
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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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 MPLS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Midlands +76 110 £48,500 -37.42% 17
West Midlands +106 105 £48,500 -38.41% 11
North of England +8 73 £42,500 -5.56% 12
South East +5 56 £55,000 +4.76% 16
North West +39 53 £40,000 -17.95% 3
Yorkshire +57 26 £60,000 +33.33% 9
East of England +16 26 £45,000 -25.00% 5
South West -27 26 £48,500 -7.62% 7
Wales +19 12 £42,977 +34.30% 3
Scotland -72 6 £62,500 - 2
East Midlands -15 5 £50,000 +5.26% 6
North East -16 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -
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MPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.76%) CMS
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (19.31%) Azure
2 53 (18.28%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.28%) AWS
4 11 (3.79%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.45%) SaaS
6 9 (3.10%) GCP
7 5 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.03%) IaaS
8 3 (1.03%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.69%) PaaS
10 1 (0.34%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 198 (68.28%) WAN
2 154 (53.10%) BGP
3 127 (43.79%) LAN
4 116 (40.00%) OSPF
5 104 (35.86%) Firewall
6 97 (33.45%) SD-WAN
7 70 (24.14%) Wireless
8 66 (22.76%) Wi-Fi
9 58 (20.00%) WLAN
10 57 (19.66%) TCP/IP
11 51 (17.59%) VPN
12 42 (14.48%) VLAN
13 40 (13.79%) IPsec
14 39 (13.45%) DHCP
14 39 (13.45%) Ethernet
15 33 (11.38%) VoIP
16 31 (10.69%) Network Security
17 30 (10.34%) Internet
18 25 (8.62%) DSL
19 19 (6.55%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.03%) JIRA
1 3 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (13.45%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.76%) Telecoms
3 22 (7.59%) Finance
4 15 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.79%) Local Government
6 8 (2.76%) Retail
7 5 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.72%) Marketing
7 5 (1.72%) Police
8 3 (1.03%) Military
8 3 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.69%) Automotive
9 2 (0.69%) Law
9 2 (0.69%) Welsh Language
10 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 130 (44.83%) Network Engineer
2 47 (16.21%) Analyst
3 45 (15.52%) Senior
4 39 (13.45%) Network Analyst
5 37 (12.76%) IP Engineer
5 37 (12.76%) Network Operations Analyst
5 37 (12.76%) Operations Analyst
6 33 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (10.00%) IP Network Engineer
7 29 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
8 24 (8.28%) Juniper Engineer
9 21 (7.24%) Cisco Engineer
9 21 (7.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 14 (4.83%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (4.83%) Network Support
10 14 (4.83%) WAN Engineer
11 12 (4.14%) Senior IP Engineer
12 11 (3.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 11 (3.79%) Architect
12 11 (3.79%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.72%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.69%) Middleware
2 2 (0.69%) Web Services
2 2 (0.69%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.34%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.97%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.17%) Driving Licence
3 13 (4.48%) IoT
4 11 (3.79%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.10%) ARM Cortex
5 9 (3.10%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.41%) Clustering
7 7 (2.41%) FMCG
7 7 (2.41%) PKI
8 6 (2.07%) CCTV
9 5 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.69%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.34%) Culture of Ownership
12 1 (0.34%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.41%) Windows
2 34 (11.72%) Windows Server
3 19 (6.55%) VyOS
4 6 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.38%) Linux
6 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.69%) Solaris
7 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (17.24%) Customer Service
2 42 (14.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 40 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (9.66%) Network Management
6 26 (8.97%) High Availability
6 26 (8.97%) Project Management
7 25 (8.62%) ITIL
8 21 (7.24%) Project Delivery
9 19 (6.55%) Network Monitoring
10 15 (5.17%) Load Balancing
11 14 (4.83%) Network Design
12 13 (4.48%) Change Advisory Board
12 13 (4.48%) Configuration Management
12 13 (4.48%) Mentoring
12 13 (4.48%) Network Architecture
12 13 (4.48%) Service Design
13 12 (4.14%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (4.14%) Data Management
14 11 (3.79%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.79%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.10%) SQL
3 4 (1.38%) Python
4 2 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.34%) Bash
Qualifications
1 131 (45.17%) Cisco Certification
2 102 (35.17%) CCNA
3 69 (23.79%) CCNP
4 61 (21.03%) Security Cleared
5 44 (15.17%) CCDP
6 43 (14.83%) CCIE
7 37 (12.76%) SC Cleared
8 30 (10.34%) JNCIA
9 17 (5.86%) Degree
10 14 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (4.48%) JNCIP
12 11 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (3.45%) MCSE
14 9 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (3.10%) CTC Cleared
15 7 (2.41%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 7 (2.41%) JNCIE
16 5 (1.72%) Azure Certification
17 3 (1.03%) CCDA
17 3 (1.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.83%) GDPR
3 12 (4.14%) SLA
4 9 (3.10%) COSHH
5 6 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.72%) HIPAA
System Software
1 41 (14.14%) Hyper-V
2 38 (13.10%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.41%) Firmware
5 6 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.38%) vCloud
7 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (7.93%) FortiGate
2 7 (2.41%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (2.41%) WSUS
3 6 (2.07%) Endace
4 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.72%) Nagios
4 5 (1.72%) OfficeScan
5 4 (1.38%) Ansible
5 4 (1.38%) BMC PATROL
6 3 (1.03%) Terraform
7 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.69%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 157 (54.14%) Cisco
2 107 (36.90%) Juniper
3 55 (18.97%) Nokia
4 52 (17.93%) Microsoft
5 50 (17.24%) Fortinet
6 34 (11.72%) Meraki
7 27 (9.31%) Palo Alto
8 26 (8.97%) Ruckus Wireless
9 23 (7.93%) HP
10 21 (7.24%) Aruba
10 21 (7.24%) CheckPoint
11 20 (6.90%) VMware
12 19 (6.55%) Vyatta
13 15 (5.17%) F5
14 12 (4.14%) Darktrace
14 12 (4.14%) NEC
15 11 (3.79%) Dell
15 11 (3.79%) Mitel
16 10 (3.45%) SolarWinds
17 9 (3.10%) Ubiquiti