MPLS Job Trends in Wales

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring MPLS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 3 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.23% - 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.99% - 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £67,000 - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £44,886
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.22%
75th Percentile - - £45,780
90th Percentile - - £46,027
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +30.00% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 151 109 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.54% 21.29% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 96 90 160
10th Percentile £21,620 £23,504 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £37,558 £28,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £50,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.50% +23.46% -7.95%
75th Percentile £43,750 £67,219 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.25% -6.73%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MPLS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

MPLS job vacancy trend in Wales

MPLS
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing MPLS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing MPLS

MPLS
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
South Wales - 3 £75,000 - 2
MPLS
UK

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) HSRP
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (66.67%) VoIP
2 2 (66.67%) VPLS
2 2 (66.67%) VRRP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Boundary Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Splunk