Ethernet VPN Job Trends

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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 695 721
Rank change year-on-year +39 +26 +394
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet VPN 9 51 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.075% 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.14% 0.65% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 41 10
10th Percentile £49,657 £51,250 £81,250
25th Percentile £52,422 £52,500 £83,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,489 £60,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% -29.41% +19.30%
75th Percentile £64,348 £62,500 -
90th Percentile £66,989 £66,250 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,479 £60,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -17.54% -29.41% +15.25%

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 6,523 7,812 8,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.76% 11.55% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,199 4,013 6,597
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%

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 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Ethernet VPN in the UK

Ethernet VPN
Top 5 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 8 November 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
England +47 9 £58,489 -2.52% 31
London +79 8 £67,500 -22.86% 21
UK excluding London +34 1 £49,479 -17.54% 26
East Midlands - 1 £49,479 -
Midlands - 1 £49,479 -

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:

Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (66.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (88.89%) LAN
3 6 (66.67%) BGP
3 6 (66.67%) NX-OS
3 6 (66.67%) OSPF
4 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 2 (22.22%) VXLAN
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (11.11%) DHCP
5 1 (11.11%) DNS
5 1 (11.11%) IPv4
5 1 (11.11%) IPv6
5 1 (11.11%) MPLS
5 1 (11.11%) Multicast
5 1 (11.11%) NGN
5 1 (11.11%) VLAN
5 1 (11.11%) VPLS
5 1 (11.11%) VPN
5 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 6 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Deployment Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Network Deployment Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Migration
2 7 (77.78%) Inventory Management
2 7 (77.78%) Load Balancing
3 6 (66.67%) Change Control
3 6 (66.67%) Validation
4 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Network Management
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CCNP
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (66.67%) CCIE
2 6 (66.67%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) CCSA
4 1 (11.11%) CCSE
4 1 (11.11%) Check Point Certification
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (88.89%) F5
3 7 (77.78%) CheckPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Aruba
4 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 1 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto