MPLS Jobs with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 403 459 596
Rank change year-on-year +56 +137 -178
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 186 171 290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.54% 0.44% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.57% 3.87% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 149 159 242
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,448
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +12.50% -2.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £85,000 £78,438
90th Percentile £72,500 £100,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,213 4,424 8,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.10% 11.37% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,324 3,290 5,105
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,618
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 30 May 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 24 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (8.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.15%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (18.82%) Azure
3 17 (9.14%) AWS
4 8 (4.30%) GCP
5 5 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (2.69%) SaaS
6 4 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.61%) IaaS
7 3 (1.61%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.08%) PaaS
9 1 (0.54%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 137 (73.66%) WAN
2 106 (56.99%) LAN
3 105 (56.45%) BGP
4 100 (53.76%) Firewall
5 85 (45.70%) OSPF
6 77 (41.40%) SD-WAN
7 65 (34.95%) VPN
8 42 (22.58%) Wi-Fi
9 38 (20.43%) VLAN
9 38 (20.43%) WLAN
10 35 (18.82%) TCP/IP
11 25 (13.44%) DNS
12 22 (11.83%) Network Security
12 22 (11.83%) Wireless
13 21 (11.29%) DHCP
14 20 (10.75%) VoIP
15 18 (9.68%) Ethernet
15 18 (9.68%) VPLS
16 16 (8.60%) Remote Desktop
17 15 (8.06%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.54%) Power BI
General
1 42 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.75%) Telecoms
3 14 (7.53%) Law
4 10 (5.38%) Finance
5 8 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.23%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.15%) Marketing
8 2 (1.08%) Billing
8 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Military
8 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Welsh Language
9 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (44.09%) Network Engineer
2 40 (21.51%) Senior
3 36 (19.35%) Analyst
4 31 (16.67%) Network Analyst
4 31 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 27 (14.52%) Network Operations Analyst
5 27 (14.52%) Operations Analyst
6 25 (13.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (9.68%) Project Manager
8 16 (8.60%) Core Network Engineer
8 16 (8.60%) Senior Core Network Engineer
9 12 (6.45%) Data Centre Manager
9 12 (6.45%) Data Centre Project Manager
10 11 (5.91%) Consultant
11 10 (5.38%) Juniper Engineer
12 9 (4.84%) IP Engineer
13 8 (4.30%) IP Network Engineer
13 8 (4.30%) Senior Consultant
13 8 (4.30%) Senior IP Engineer
13 8 (4.30%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.08%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.08%) Middleware
1 2 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (22.04%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.68%) Public Cloud
3 9 (4.84%) IoT
4 8 (4.30%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.61%) PKI
6 3 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.08%) Clustering
7 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.54%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.84%) Windows
2 8 (4.30%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.05%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (13.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (12.90%) ITIL
3 24 (12.90%) Project Management
4 19 (10.22%) Agile
5 18 (9.68%) Customer Service
6 17 (9.14%) Network Design
6 17 (9.14%) Network Management
6 17 (9.14%) PRINCE2
7 16 (8.60%) Mentoring
7 16 (8.60%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (7.53%) Network Monitoring
9 13 (6.99%) Roadmaps
10 12 (6.45%) Presales
11 8 (4.30%) Analytics
11 8 (4.30%) Computer Science
11 8 (4.30%) Data Management
11 8 (4.30%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (4.30%) Migration
11 8 (4.30%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.61%) SQL
3 2 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 78 (41.94%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (33.87%) CCNA
3 60 (32.26%) CCNP
4 34 (18.28%) CCDP
5 31 (16.67%) CCIE
6 16 (8.60%) APMP
7 14 (7.53%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.84%) Degree
9 7 (3.76%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.76%) JNCIP
10 5 (2.69%) JNCIA
10 5 (2.69%) MCSE
10 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.61%) CCDA
12 2 (1.08%) CCIE Data Center
12 2 (1.08%) SC Cleared
13 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.54%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 1 (0.54%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.45%) SLA
2 11 (5.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.61%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 34 (18.28%) Hyper-V
2 28 (15.05%) Active Directory
3 21 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (8.60%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.15%) vCloud
6 2 (1.08%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (11.29%) WSUS
2 19 (10.22%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.15%) BMC PATROL
4 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.61%) Nagios
4 3 (1.61%) OfficeScan
5 2 (1.08%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.08%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.08%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (1.08%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 124 (66.67%) Cisco
2 43 (23.12%) Juniper
3 42 (22.58%) Microsoft
4 32 (17.20%) Meraki
5 28 (15.05%) Fortinet
6 27 (14.52%) VMware
7 23 (12.37%) Palo Alto
8 19 (10.22%) SolarWinds
9 18 (9.68%) HP
9 18 (9.68%) Ruckus Wireless
10 17 (9.14%) Nokia
11 16 (8.60%) Aruba
12 12 (6.45%) CheckPoint
12 12 (6.45%) F5
13 9 (4.84%) Dell
14 8 (4.30%) Darktrace
14 8 (4.30%) NEC
15 7 (3.76%) Extreme Networks
16 6 (3.23%) Infoblox
16 6 (3.23%) Ubiquiti