VPLS Jobs in England

Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for VPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPLS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 807 854 1086
Rank change year-on-year +47 +232 -228
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 29 55 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.064% 0.057%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.24% 0.40% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26 40 78
10th Percentile £41,625 £51,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £65,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +68.32% +9.78%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 - £91,850
UK median annual salary £77,500 £90,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -13.89% +76.47% +10.87%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

VPLS 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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,108 13,862 18,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.63% 16.01% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,547 7,048 10,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

VPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VPLS in England

VPLS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPLS in England.

Salary trend for VPLS in England

VPLS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPLS in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPLS in England

VPLS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPLS within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
London +130 18 £85,000 -5.56% 2
South West -22 7 £52,500 -
North of England +48 2 - -
East of England - 2 £25,000 -
North West - 2 - -
VPLS
UK

VPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (6.90%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (6.90%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (6.90%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (6.90%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.90%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (89.66%) MPLS
2 22 (75.86%) BGP
3 19 (65.52%) Firewall
4 12 (41.38%) WAN
5 9 (31.03%) LAN
6 7 (24.14%) IGRP
6 7 (24.14%) VRRP
7 6 (20.69%) DNS
7 6 (20.69%) RSVP
8 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
8 5 (17.24%) VPN
9 4 (13.79%) VoIP
10 3 (10.34%) DHCP
10 3 (10.34%) Wireless
11 2 (6.90%) OSPF
11 2 (6.90%) SNMP
11 2 (6.90%) SSL
11 2 (6.90%) VLAN
11 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (6.90%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (27.59%) Public Sector
2 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Automotive
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Network Engineer
2 13 (44.83%) Senior
3 7 (24.14%) Consultant
3 7 (24.14%) Senior Consultant
3 7 (24.14%) Solutions Consultant
4 6 (20.69%) Core Network Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) IP Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) IP Network Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Juniper Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior Core Network Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior IP Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior IP Network Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) IT Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Business Development Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Business Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Development Manager
6 2 (6.90%) IT Development Manager
6 2 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Presales
2 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.69%) Mentoring
2 6 (20.69%) Roadmaps
2 6 (20.69%) Zero Trust
3 2 (6.90%) Business Development
3 2 (6.90%) CAD
3 2 (6.90%) Coaching
3 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
3 2 (6.90%) Incident Management
3 2 (6.90%) Information Security
3 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (6.90%) IT Strategy
3 2 (6.90%) ITIL
3 2 (6.90%) Market Research
4 1 (3.45%) Agile
4 1 (3.45%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.45%) Change Management
4 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.45%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) CCNA
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.69%) JNCIA
2 6 (20.69%) JNCIP
2 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) CCNP
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) Degree
4 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
1 2 (6.90%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (65.52%) Cisco
2 15 (51.72%) Juniper
3 9 (31.03%) Meraki
4 6 (20.69%) Nokia
5 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
6 4 (13.79%) Fortinet
7 3 (10.34%) HP
7 3 (10.34%) VMware
8 2 (6.90%) Acronis
8 2 (6.90%) Aerohive Networks
8 2 (6.90%) Citrix
8 2 (6.90%) Dell
8 2 (6.90%) EqualLogic
8 2 (6.90%) Mitel
8 2 (6.90%) NETGEAR
8 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
8 2 (6.90%) Symantec
8 2 (6.90%) Synology
8 2 (6.90%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (3.45%) Ruckus Wireless