Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 413 570 580
Rank change year-on-year +157 +10 -161
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 351 639 614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.51% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.27% 4.05% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 286 536 505
10th Percentile £41,000 £31,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,625 £85,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,218 15,777 16,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.19% 12.54% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,418 10,533 11,407
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS.

Salary trend for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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 +129 326 £55,000 - 118
UK excluding London +98 206 £55,000 +4.76% 75
Work from Home +152 137 £55,000 +4.76% 47
London +156 130 £65,000 +17.12% 51
South East +116 73 £72,500 +20.13% 21
South West +71 51 £50,000 +25.00% 12
North of England +51 48 £55,000 +10.00% 16
Midlands +112 44 £63,350 -12.62% 21
West Midlands +107 40 £70,000 -9.68% 18
Yorkshire +37 26 £50,000 - 9
North West +89 25 £67,500 +22.73% 5
East of England +102 20 £82,500 +17.86% 2
North East +46 12 £85,000 +9.68% 2
Scotland +66 9 £57,500 +46.79% 3
East Midlands +44 4 £50,000 +3.09% 3
Wales +15 4 - -
Northern Ireland +31 1 £47,500 +46.15%
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 - 1

MPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (4.84%) Confluence
2 12 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.13%) MS Exchange
4 10 (2.85%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (2.28%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) ScheduALL
Cloud Services
1 67 (19.09%) Azure
2 36 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (6.84%) AWS
4 18 (5.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 16 (4.56%) Cloud Computing
5 16 (4.56%) IaaS
6 13 (3.70%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.56%) Mimecast
8 8 (2.28%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.28%) SaaS
9 6 (1.71%) GCP
9 6 (1.71%) PaaS
10 3 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.28%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.28%) GitHub
11 1 (0.28%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.28%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 224 (63.82%) BGP
2 216 (61.54%) WAN
3 210 (59.83%) Firewall
4 148 (42.17%) OSPF
5 137 (39.03%) SD-WAN
6 135 (38.46%) LAN
7 117 (33.33%) VPN
8 99 (28.21%) Wireless
9 57 (16.24%) Cisco ASA
10 56 (15.95%) VLAN
11 54 (15.38%) DNS
12 53 (15.10%) DHCP
13 50 (14.25%) Network Security
14 45 (12.82%) Internet
15 43 (12.25%) TCP/IP
15 43 (12.25%) Wi-Fi
16 42 (11.97%) Ethernet
16 42 (11.97%) IPsec
17 38 (10.83%) BIG-IP
18 35 (9.97%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.57%) MySQL
2 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.28%) MySQL Workbench
Development Applications
1 9 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (1.71%) Git
2 6 (1.71%) JIRA
3 1 (0.28%) DBeaver
3 1 (0.28%) GitLab
General
1 88 (25.07%) Social Skills
2 80 (22.79%) Telecoms
3 39 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.70%) Finance
5 18 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.99%) Public Sector
7 7 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.71%) Law
8 6 (1.71%) Local Government
9 3 (0.85%) Banking
9 3 (0.85%) Electronics
9 3 (0.85%) French Language
9 3 (0.85%) German Language
9 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.85%) Italian Language
9 3 (0.85%) Legal
9 3 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (0.85%) Retail
9 3 (0.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 144 (41.03%) Network Engineer
2 72 (20.51%) Senior
3 49 (13.96%) Architect
3 49 (13.96%) Senior Network Engineer
4 43 (12.25%) IP Engineer
5 36 (10.26%) Network Architect
6 28 (7.98%) Lead
7 19 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (5.13%) IP Network Engineer
9 17 (4.84%) Analyst
9 17 (4.84%) Cisco Engineer
10 16 (4.56%) Network Analyst
11 15 (4.27%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.99%) Core Network Engineer
13 13 (3.70%) Cisco Architect
14 12 (3.42%) Designer
14 12 (3.42%) Juniper Engineer
14 12 (3.42%) Lead Designer
14 12 (3.42%) Senior IP Engineer
15 11 (3.13%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.56%) REST
2 7 (1.99%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.85%) LAMP
4 2 (0.57%) EDI
4 2 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.57%) LEMP Stack
4 2 (0.57%) Velocity
4 2 (0.57%) XMPP
5 1 (0.28%) HTML
5 1 (0.28%) JSON
5 1 (0.28%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.28%) XML
5 1 (0.28%) YAML
5 1 (0.28%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 97 (27.64%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.85%) Virtual Team
3 9 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.99%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.99%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.14%) CCTV
7 4 (1.14%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (1.14%) Handset
7 4 (1.14%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.14%) Replication
7 4 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (0.85%) CMDB
8 3 (0.85%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.57%) IVR
9 2 (0.57%) Over-the-Top Content
9 2 (0.57%) PKI
9 2 (0.57%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.10%) Windows
2 38 (10.83%) Windows Server
3 29 (8.26%) Linux
4 12 (3.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (2.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.71%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.14%) Android
8 3 (0.85%) VMS
9 2 (0.57%) Debian
9 2 (0.57%) Unix
10 1 (0.28%) CatOS
10 1 (0.28%) CentOS
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) VyOS
10 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (23.93%) ITIL
3 73 (20.80%) Load Balancing
4 45 (12.82%) Network Monitoring
5 42 (11.97%) Network Management
6 40 (11.40%) Network Design
7 31 (8.83%) Agile
7 31 (8.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (6.84%) Roadmaps
9 23 (6.55%) Service Delivery
10 22 (6.27%) Project Management
11 21 (5.98%) Network Architecture
12 20 (5.70%) Change Management
13 19 (5.41%) Kalman Filter
14 18 (5.13%) SIEM
15 17 (4.84%) Customer Requirements
15 17 (4.84%) Migration
15 17 (4.84%) Project Delivery
16 16 (4.56%) Disaster Recovery
17 15 (4.27%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.26%) Python
2 12 (3.42%) PowerShell
3 10 (2.85%) Bash
4 7 (1.99%) SQL
5 6 (1.71%) Perl
6 4 (1.14%) PHP
7 1 (0.28%) Java
Qualifications
1 137 (39.03%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (23.65%) CCNA
2 83 (23.65%) CCNP
3 52 (14.81%) Degree
4 43 (12.25%) Security Cleared
5 33 (9.40%) CCIE
6 29 (8.26%) JNCIA
6 29 (8.26%) SC Cleared
7 24 (6.84%) JNCIP
8 13 (3.70%) JNCIS
9 12 (3.42%) JNCIE
10 11 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.28%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.42%) CCIP
14 4 (1.14%) CCDP
14 4 (1.14%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 4 (1.14%) PMP
15 3 (0.85%) CISSP
15 3 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.99%) SLA
3 6 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.14%) NCSC
6 3 (0.85%) QA
7 2 (0.57%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 42 (11.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (9.97%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.85%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.42%) Firmware
6 3 (0.85%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.57%) KVM
7 2 (0.57%) vSphere
8 1 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.28%) Docker
8 1 (0.28%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 70 (19.94%) FortiGate
2 26 (7.41%) Ansible
3 8 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.71%) SCCM
5 5 (1.42%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (1.42%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (1.14%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.14%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.85%) Grafana
7 3 (0.85%) Iperf
7 3 (0.85%) SCOM
7 3 (0.85%) WSUS
8 2 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.57%) Endace
8 2 (0.57%) Nessus
9 1 (0.28%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.28%) RANCID
9 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 245 (69.80%) Cisco
2 107 (30.48%) Meraki
3 103 (29.34%) Juniper
4 92 (26.21%) Fortinet
5 74 (21.08%) CheckPoint
6 61 (17.38%) Microsoft
7 58 (16.52%) Palo Alto
8 54 (15.38%) F5
9 49 (13.96%) Aruba
9 49 (13.96%) VMware
10 23 (6.55%) SolarWinds
11 17 (4.84%) HP
11 17 (4.84%) Nokia
12 10 (2.85%) Avaya
12 10 (2.85%) Citrix
13 9 (2.56%) Dell
13 9 (2.56%) Ericsson
13 9 (2.56%) iManage
14 8 (2.28%) Huawei
14 8 (2.28%) Riverbed