MPLS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 488 456
Rank change year-on-year +26 -32 +81
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 113 292 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.41% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.71% 3.00% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 77 240 132
10th Percentile £46,250 £26,700 £33,775
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.02% +2.11% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,850 £74,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,616 9,744 10,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.77% 13.73% 18.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,230 7,069 4,702
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,047
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

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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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
South East +75 36 £65,000 +18.18% 42
South West +111 28 £55,000 +13.40% 10
Midlands -21 23 £65,000 +34.02% 22
West Midlands -22 22 £65,000 +34.02% 13
North of England -8 16 £48,750 +8.33% 11
North West -38 10 £65,000 +52.94% 4
East of England +26 9 £57,500 +27.78% 7
Yorkshire +47 6 £32,500 -46.94% 7
Scotland +107 1 - - 5
East Midlands +29 1 £42,500 -15.00% 8
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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 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.77%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (2.65%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.66%) Azure
2 13 (11.50%) AWS
3 9 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (2.65%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.65%) IaaS
5 3 (2.65%) SaaS
6 2 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.77%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 66 (58.41%) WAN
2 58 (51.33%) Firewall
3 51 (45.13%) BGP
4 44 (38.94%) VPN
5 43 (38.05%) LAN
6 25 (22.12%) OSPF
6 25 (22.12%) SD-WAN
7 24 (21.24%) IPsec
8 22 (19.47%) TCP/IP
9 21 (18.58%) Junos
9 21 (18.58%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (17.70%) Cisco IOS
10 20 (17.70%) Network Security
11 19 (16.81%) DNS
11 19 (16.81%) VLAN
12 18 (15.93%) VoIP
13 17 (15.04%) Ethernet
14 14 (12.39%) Cisco ISE
14 14 (12.39%) DHCP
14 14 (12.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (2.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.77%) JIRA
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) Robot Framework
General
1 35 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.39%) Finance
3 14 (12.39%) Legal
4 12 (10.62%) Telecoms
5 10 (8.85%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.54%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.77%) Advertising
9 2 (1.77%) Front Office
10 1 (0.88%) Aviation
10 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (30.97%) Architect
2 33 (29.20%) Network Engineer
3 31 (27.43%) Network Architect
4 10 (8.85%) Coordinator
4 10 (8.85%) Help Desk Coordinator
5 9 (7.96%) Senior
5 9 (7.96%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (6.19%) Lead
7 6 (5.31%) Junior
7 6 (5.31%) Junior Support Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Junior Technical Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Junior Technical Support
7 6 (5.31%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Technical Support
7 6 (5.31%) Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Infrastructure Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.88%) Jinja
2 1 (0.88%) OpenConfig
2 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.27%) Data Centre
2 14 (12.39%) CCTV
3 10 (8.85%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (6.19%) Public Cloud
5 6 (5.31%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.31%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.54%) Operational Technology
6 4 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.65%) PMI
8 1 (0.88%) Clustering
8 1 (0.88%) NHS
8 1 (0.88%) PKI
8 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (17.70%) Windows
2 17 (15.04%) Windows Server
3 14 (12.39%) Linux
4 13 (11.50%) Windows 10
5 11 (9.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.77%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.66%) Network Design
2 28 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (19.47%) Technical Leadership
4 17 (15.04%) Network Architecture
5 16 (14.16%) Network Management
6 15 (13.27%) ITIL
6 15 (13.27%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (10.62%) Configuration Management
8 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (9.73%) Mentoring
8 11 (9.73%) Performance Monitoring
9 10 (8.85%) Customer Service
9 10 (8.85%) ERP
9 10 (8.85%) Network Monitoring
9 10 (8.85%) Roadmaps
9 10 (8.85%) Time Management
9 10 (8.85%) Virtual Environments
10 9 (7.96%) Business Continuity
11 8 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (7.08%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.93%) SQL
2 13 (11.50%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.42%) Python
4 4 (3.54%) PHP
5 1 (0.88%) Bash
5 1 (0.88%) R
5 1 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (41.59%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (38.94%) Security Cleared
3 42 (37.17%) CCNP
4 36 (31.86%) CCNA
4 36 (31.86%) SC Cleared
5 24 (21.24%) JNCIS
6 12 (10.62%) DV Cleared
7 7 (6.19%) Degree
8 5 (4.42%) CCIE
9 4 (3.54%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (2.65%) CCDA
10 3 (2.65%) CCDP
10 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.65%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.77%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.88%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.88%) JNCIE
12 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.04%) SLA
2 5 (4.42%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 41 (36.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (15.04%) Hyper-V
3 15 (13.27%) Active Directory
4 13 (11.50%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.54%) VMware NSX
6 3 (2.65%) vSphere
7 1 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (8.85%) FortiGate
2 8 (7.08%) Ansible
3 6 (5.31%) Proxmox
4 5 (4.42%) Kubernetes
4 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.42%) WSUS
5 4 (3.54%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (3.54%) Terraform
6 3 (2.65%) CASB
6 3 (2.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.88%) Nagios
Vendors
1 76 (67.26%) Cisco
2 50 (44.25%) VMware
3 48 (42.48%) Juniper
4 38 (33.63%) Microsoft
5 22 (19.47%) Fortinet
6 15 (13.27%) SolarWinds
7 12 (10.62%) Palo Alto
8 11 (9.73%) Meraki
8 11 (9.73%) Red Hat
8 11 (9.73%) SevOne
9 10 (8.85%) Veeam
10 8 (7.08%) CheckPoint
10 8 (7.08%) Citrix
10 8 (7.08%) HP
11 7 (6.19%) Extreme Networks
12 5 (4.42%) Draytek
12 5 (4.42%) F5
12 5 (4.42%) Ubiquiti
13 4 (3.54%) Aruba
13 4 (3.54%) Nokia