MPLS Jobs with Work from Home 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 421 600
Rank change year-on-year +17 +179 -160
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 131 160 329
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.47% 0.49% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.13% 4.12% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 102 153 274
10th Percentile £41,375 £41,050 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £82,500 £75,813
90th Percentile £79,250 £99,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MPLS trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing MPLS over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 19 (14.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (12.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (22.90%) Azure
2 29 (22.14%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.74%) AWS
4 7 (5.34%) GCP
5 4 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.05%) SaaS
6 3 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.29%) IaaS
6 3 (2.29%) Rubrik
7 2 (1.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.76%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.76%) PaaS
8 1 (0.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 96 (73.28%) Firewall
2 95 (72.52%) WAN
3 72 (54.96%) LAN
4 52 (39.69%) VPN
5 51 (38.93%) BGP
6 46 (35.11%) SD-WAN
7 38 (29.01%) OSPF
8 36 (27.48%) VLAN
9 32 (24.43%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (20.61%) DNS
11 24 (18.32%) TCP/IP
12 22 (16.79%) DHCP
13 20 (15.27%) Network Security
14 17 (12.98%) VoIP
14 17 (12.98%) WLAN
15 16 (12.21%) Remote Desktop
16 14 (10.69%) IPsec
17 12 (9.16%) VPLS
17 12 (9.16%) Wireless
18 11 (8.40%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 26 (19.85%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.45%) Telecoms
3 9 (6.87%) Law
4 7 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.58%) Finance
5 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.29%) Marketing
7 2 (1.53%) Welsh Language
8 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 61 (46.56%) Network Engineer
2 29 (22.14%) Senior
3 21 (16.03%) Senior Network Engineer
4 16 (12.21%) Project Manager
5 15 (11.45%) Consultant
5 15 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (9.16%) Data Centre Manager
6 12 (9.16%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 12 (9.16%) Solutions Consultant
7 11 (8.40%) Core Network Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Juniper Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Senior Core Network Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) Analyst
8 10 (7.63%) IP Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) IP Network Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) Network Analyst
8 10 (7.63%) Senior IP Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) Senior IP Network Engineer
9 8 (6.11%) Operations Analyst
9 8 (6.11%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.53%) LDAP
2 1 (0.76%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.76%) Middleware
2 1 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (27.48%) Data Centre
2 17 (12.98%) Public Cloud
3 8 (6.11%) Driving Licence
3 8 (6.11%) IoT
4 3 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.29%) PKI
4 3 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.82%) Windows
2 4 (3.05%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.76%) Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (14.50%) Agile
2 17 (12.98%) PRINCE2
3 16 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (12.21%) ITIL
3 16 (12.21%) Project Management
4 14 (10.69%) Network Monitoring
4 14 (10.69%) Roadmaps
5 13 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (9.92%) Network Management
6 10 (7.63%) Customer Service
6 10 (7.63%) Presales
6 10 (7.63%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (6.11%) Data Management
7 8 (6.11%) Zero Trust
8 7 (5.34%) Change Control
8 7 (5.34%) Migration
9 6 (4.58%) Business Continuity
9 6 (4.58%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (4.58%) Network Design
9 6 (4.58%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.05%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.53%) Python
3 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (29.77%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (23.66%) CCNP
3 30 (22.90%) CCNA
4 16 (12.21%) APMP
4 16 (12.21%) CCIE
5 13 (9.92%) CCDP
6 10 (7.63%) Security Cleared
7 8 (6.11%) Degree
8 5 (3.82%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.29%) CCDA
9 3 (2.29%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.53%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 2 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.53%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.76%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.76%) CCSA
11 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.40%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.05%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.05%) SLA
4 3 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 28 (21.37%) Hyper-V
2 24 (18.32%) Active Directory
3 23 (17.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (12.21%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.05%) vCloud
6 3 (2.29%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (14.50%) WSUS
2 12 (9.16%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.29%) BMC PATROL
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.29%) Nagios
3 3 (2.29%) OfficeScan
3 3 (2.29%) ZABBIX
4 2 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.53%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.53%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.76%) Ansible
5 1 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 99 (75.57%) Cisco
2 33 (25.19%) Microsoft
3 31 (23.66%) Juniper
4 29 (22.14%) Fortinet
5 27 (20.61%) VMware
6 26 (19.85%) Meraki
7 19 (14.50%) SolarWinds
8 18 (13.74%) HP
9 17 (12.98%) Ruckus Wireless
10 13 (9.92%) Palo Alto
11 12 (9.16%) Nokia
12 11 (8.40%) CheckPoint
13 9 (6.87%) Aruba
13 9 (6.87%) Dell
14 8 (6.11%) Darktrace
14 8 (6.11%) NEC
15 7 (5.34%) F5
16 6 (4.58%) Ubiquiti
17 5 (3.82%) Veeam
18 4 (3.05%) Citrix