Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Ethernet VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 760 643 708
Rank change year-on-year -117 +65 +19
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet VPN 43 14 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.036% 0.028% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 0.20% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 24 4 37
10th Percentile £44,778 £53,344 £51,250
25th Percentile £61,761 £61,641 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £78,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +31.25% -29.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £97,500 - £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,288 £49,479 £60,000
% change year-on-year +42.06% -17.54% -29.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,014 7,003 8,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.75% 14.23% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,883 3,957 4,227
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £84,235
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%

Ethernet VPN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Ethernet VPN job vacancy trend in the UK

Ethernet VPN
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ethernet VPN

Ethernet VPN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet VPN over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Ethernet VPN in the UK

Ethernet VPN
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 October 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
England -118 40 £77,500 -1.59% 54
Work from Home - 26 £65,576 - 15
UK excluding London -140 25 £70,288 +42.06% 17
London -73 15 £77,500 -13.89% 36
North of England - 8 £65,576 - 3
South East - 6 £80,000 - 5
South West - 6 - - 2
Midlands -40 5 £65,000 +31.37% 3
North West - 5 £65,576 - 2
West Midlands - 5 £65,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £65,576 -
North East - 1 £65,576 - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 2

Ethernet VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) AWS
1 5 (11.63%) Azure
2 4 (9.30%) GCP
3 2 (4.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 38 (88.37%) BGP
2 32 (74.42%) VXLAN
3 30 (69.77%) Firewall
4 26 (60.47%) OSPF
5 23 (53.49%) WAN
6 16 (37.21%) VPN
7 13 (30.23%) Cisco Nexus
7 13 (30.23%) VLAN
8 12 (27.91%) LAN
9 10 (23.26%) Network Security
9 10 (23.26%) NGFW
9 10 (23.26%) SD-WAN
10 9 (20.93%) DNS
10 9 (20.93%) MPLS
10 9 (20.93%) VRRP
11 8 (18.60%) HSRP
12 6 (13.95%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (11.63%) Multicast
13 5 (11.63%) SNMP
13 5 (11.63%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Sonatype Nexus
2 5 (11.63%) Git
3 1 (2.33%) GitLab
3 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Finance
3 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
4 5 (11.63%) Aerospace
4 5 (11.63%) Banking
4 5 (11.63%) Marketing
4 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.63%) Retail
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (69.77%) Network Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) Senior
2 10 (23.26%) Senior Network Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Architect
3 7 (16.28%) Network Architect
4 6 (13.95%) Data Centre Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Lead
6 4 (9.30%) Data Network Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 3 (6.98%) Network Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Network Infrastructure Team Leader
7 3 (6.98%) Network Team Leader
7 3 (6.98%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) Automation Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (27.91%) Terraform
2 4 (9.30%) YAML
3 1 (2.33%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.33%) Jinja
3 1 (2.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (72.09%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.65%) PKI
3 1 (2.33%) ASIC
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.93%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (32.56%) Network Design
2 14 (32.56%) Technical Leadership
3 11 (25.58%) CI/CD
4 10 (23.26%) Change Management
4 10 (23.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (23.26%) Validation
5 9 (20.93%) Mentoring
6 8 (18.60%) Network Architecture
7 7 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (16.28%) Zero Trust
8 6 (13.95%) Agile
8 6 (13.95%) AI
8 6 (13.95%) Coaching
8 6 (13.95%) Load Balancing
8 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.95%) Project Delivery
9 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (11.63%) Data Management
9 5 (11.63%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) Python
2 1 (2.33%) Bash
2 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (30.23%) Security Cleared
3 12 (27.91%) CCNP
4 10 (23.26%) CCIE
5 9 (20.93%) DV Cleared
6 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
7 2 (4.65%) CCIE Data Center
7 2 (4.65%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 1 (2.33%) CCDE
8 1 (2.33%) CCNA
8 1 (2.33%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.33%) JNCIP
8 1 (2.33%) JNCIS
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.33%) iptables
2 1 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (39.53%) Ansible
2 6 (13.95%) Kubernetes
3 3 (6.98%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (67.44%) Cisco
2 17 (39.53%) Arista
3 12 (27.91%) Palo Alto
4 7 (16.28%) Mellanox
4 7 (16.28%) NVIDIA
5 5 (11.63%) F5
6 3 (6.98%) Aruba
6 3 (6.98%) Juniper
6 3 (6.98%) Meraki
6 3 (6.98%) VMware
7 2 (4.65%) Dell
7 2 (4.65%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.33%) Red Hat