MPLS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring MPLS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MPLS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 409 498
Rank change year-on-year +56 +89 +86
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 44 188 179
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.56% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.75% 3.55% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 30 151 167
10th Percentile £51,875 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £52,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% -27.59% +22.88%
75th Percentile £85,000 £60,000 £85,000
90th Percentile - £72,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +30.00% -13.04% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,513 5,294 4,791
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.80% 15.65% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,608 3,435 3,553
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,300
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
% change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MPLS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MPLS.

MPLS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MPLS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

MPLS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (40.91%) Azure
2 16 (36.36%) AWS
3 6 (13.64%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.55%) IaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (70.45%) WAN
2 28 (63.64%) BGP
3 26 (59.09%) Firewall
4 23 (52.27%) LAN
4 23 (52.27%) OSPF
5 18 (40.91%) IPsec
5 18 (40.91%) VPN
6 17 (38.64%) SD-WAN
7 14 (31.82%) Network Security
8 13 (29.55%) WLAN
9 12 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (18.18%) Cisco Firepower
11 8 (18.18%) DHCP
11 8 (18.18%) DNS
12 7 (15.91%) Wireless
13 6 (13.64%) 802.11
13 6 (13.64%) DWDM
13 6 (13.64%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (15.91%) Finance
1 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 5 (11.36%) Telecoms
4 4 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (2.27%) German Language
5 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 7 (15.91%) Architect
2 7 (15.91%) Network Architect
2 7 (15.91%) Senior
3 6 (13.64%) Consultant
3 6 (13.64%) Network Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Lead
4 5 (11.36%) Operations Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Senior Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Senior Software Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Software Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Azure Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Cisco Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Juniper Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) Infoblox Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.91%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.82%) Data Centre
2 6 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.09%) CCTV
4 2 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.55%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.27%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
1 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.73%) Cloud Security
2 9 (20.45%) Network Architecture
3 8 (18.18%) Change Management
3 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (13.64%) Business Strategy
4 6 (13.64%) Network Design
4 6 (13.64%) Network Management
4 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (11.36%) ITIL
5 5 (11.36%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (11.36%) Performance Optimisation
5 5 (11.36%) Product Management
5 5 (11.36%) Product Requirements
5 5 (11.36%) Software Engineering
6 4 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (9.09%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) PHP
2 3 (6.82%) C++
3 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.27%) Bash
4 1 (2.27%) Python
4 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (27.27%) CCNA
2 12 (27.27%) CCNP
3 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
4 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
5 4 (9.09%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) JNCIS
6 3 (6.82%) CCIE
7 2 (4.55%) AWS Certification
7 2 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.55%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) QA
2 4 (9.09%) SLA
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) Firmware
2 1 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (6.82%) Ansible
2 3 (6.82%) Terraform
3 2 (4.55%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.27%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (72.73%) Cisco
2 12 (27.27%) SolarWinds
3 11 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 11 (25.00%) Juniper
3 11 (25.00%) Meraki
4 10 (22.73%) Fortinet
4 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
5 9 (20.45%) Palo Alto
6 6 (13.64%) Dynatrace
6 6 (13.64%) Infoblox
7 4 (9.09%) Arista
7 4 (9.09%) Dell
7 4 (9.09%) Riverbed
8 3 (6.82%) Avaya
8 3 (6.82%) F5
9 2 (4.55%) ForeScout
9 2 (4.55%) SevOne
10 1 (2.27%) Aruba
10 1 (2.27%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (2.27%) Zscaler