Hybrid/Remote Ethernet VPN Job Trends

Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Ethernet VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 429 480
Rank change year-on-year +66 +51 +223
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet VPN 11 12 9
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.073% 0.073% 0.042%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.79% 0.55% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - £44,375 £78,250
25th Percentile - £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £58,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +70.21% -30.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile - £66,250 -
90th Percentile - - £85,500
UK median annual salary £95,000 £60,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +58.33% -29.41% +13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,400 2,184 2,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.24% 13.29% 13.52%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,227 2,474
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

Ethernet VPN
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethernet VPN and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Ethernet VPN job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Ethernet VPN
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ethernet VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ethernet VPN

Ethernet VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 11 (100.00%) BGP
2 10 (90.91%) 4G
2 10 (90.91%) Broadband
2 10 (90.91%) Cisco IOS
2 10 (90.91%) IOS XR
2 10 (90.91%) MPLS
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) IGMP
3 1 (9.09%) Multicast
3 1 (9.09%) OSPF
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Git
General
1 10 (90.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
1 10 (90.91%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Associate Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Supervisor
4 1 (9.09%) Network Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Technician
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Exchange Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (90.91%) Jinja
1 10 (90.91%) NETCONF
1 10 (90.91%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Social Media
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Agile
1 10 (90.91%) Data Science
1 10 (90.91%) Network Design
1 10 (90.91%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Low Latency
3 1 (9.09%) Observability
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CCNP
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Nagios
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Arista
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds