MPLS Jobs in England

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 459 534 622
Rank change year-on-year +75 +88 -126
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 420 438 656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.50% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.49% 3.12% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 333 286 518
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £97,500 £90,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,051 14,043 18,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.93% 15.87% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,513 7,209 10,451
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £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 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in England

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for MPLS in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 +62 141 £70,000 +7.69% 30
Midlands +70 108 £48,500 -37.42% 18
West Midlands +97 104 £48,500 -37.42% 16
North of England +9 74 £45,000 - 12
South East 0 62 £55,000 +15.79% 23
North West +18 54 £42,500 -10.53% 3
East of England +16 28 £45,000 -25.00% 5
Yorkshire +50 26 £62,500 +38.89% 9
South West -34 26 £48,500 -7.62% 5
East Midlands -26 4 £50,000 -14.89% 2
North East -12 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
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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 42 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.38%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.90%) CMS
5 3 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.48%) Confluence
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 83 (19.76%) Azure
2 74 (17.62%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (9.05%) AWS
4 18 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.05%) SaaS
6 13 (3.10%) IaaS
7 12 (2.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 9 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.14%) GCP
8 9 (2.14%) PaaS
9 5 (1.19%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.71%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.48%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.48%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 292 (69.52%) WAN
2 234 (55.71%) BGP
3 200 (47.62%) LAN
4 185 (44.05%) Firewall
5 155 (36.90%) OSPF
6 139 (33.10%) SD-WAN
7 118 (28.10%) VPN
8 94 (22.38%) Wi-Fi
9 91 (21.67%) Wireless
10 85 (20.24%) TCP/IP
11 75 (17.86%) VLAN
12 67 (15.95%) DHCP
13 61 (14.52%) WLAN
14 56 (13.33%) DNS
15 55 (13.10%) IPsec
16 53 (12.62%) Ethernet
17 51 (12.14%) Internet
18 44 (10.48%) Network Security
19 43 (10.24%) VoIP
20 26 (6.19%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.62%) MongoDB
1 11 (2.62%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (3.33%) JIRA
2 11 (2.62%) GitLab
3 3 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (15.24%) Social Skills
2 59 (14.05%) Telecoms
3 36 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (8.57%) Finance
4 26 (6.19%) Law
5 10 (2.38%) Retail
6 7 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (1.43%) Local Government
7 6 (1.43%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.19%) Marketing
9 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.71%) Military
11 2 (0.48%) Advertising
11 2 (0.48%) Automotive
11 2 (0.48%) Billing
11 2 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.48%) Games
12 1 (0.24%) French Language
12 1 (0.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 184 (43.81%) Network Engineer
2 96 (22.86%) Senior
3 58 (13.81%) Analyst
4 55 (13.10%) Senior Network Engineer
5 50 (11.90%) Network Analyst
6 46 (10.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 41 (9.76%) IP Engineer
8 34 (8.10%) Juniper Engineer
8 34 (8.10%) Network Operations Analyst
8 34 (8.10%) Operations Analyst
9 33 (7.86%) IP Network Engineer
10 30 (7.14%) Architect
11 26 (6.19%) Cisco Engineer
11 26 (6.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 23 (5.48%) Core Network Engineer
12 23 (5.48%) Senior Core Network Engineer
13 21 (5.00%) Network Architect
14 19 (4.52%) Project Manager
15 18 (4.29%) Senior IP Engineer
16 17 (4.05%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.76%) 802.1X
2 18 (4.29%) XML
3 17 (4.05%) NETCONF
4 12 (2.86%) RESTCONF
5 11 (2.62%) JSON
5 11 (2.62%) REST
5 11 (2.62%) SOAP
5 11 (2.62%) YAML
5 11 (2.62%) YANG
6 8 (1.90%) SAML
7 7 (1.67%) HTML
8 2 (0.48%) EDI
8 2 (0.48%) Middleware
8 2 (0.48%) Web Services
8 2 (0.48%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 88 (20.95%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.76%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.29%) Public Cloud
5 16 (3.81%) IoT
6 12 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (2.38%) Operational Technology
8 9 (2.14%) ARM Cortex
9 8 (1.90%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.67%) Clustering
10 7 (1.67%) FMCG
10 7 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.67%) PKI
11 6 (1.43%) CCTV
11 6 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (0.95%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.48%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.48%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.05%) Windows
2 35 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.67%) Linux
4 19 (4.52%) Unix
5 18 (4.29%) VyOS
6 11 (2.62%) CentOS
7 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.48%) Solaris
9 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (16.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
3 56 (13.33%) ITIL
4 50 (11.90%) Customer Service
5 46 (10.95%) Network Management
6 45 (10.71%) Network Design
6 45 (10.71%) Project Management
7 41 (9.76%) Roadmaps
8 40 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (9.29%) Technical Leadership
10 37 (8.81%) Mentoring
11 35 (8.33%) Agile
11 35 (8.33%) Load Balancing
12 28 (6.67%) Project Delivery
13 26 (6.19%) Technology Roadmap
14 24 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (5.71%) Network Monitoring
15 23 (5.48%) High Availability
16 22 (5.24%) Change Control
17 20 (4.76%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.43%) Python
2 19 (4.52%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.52%) SQL
3 3 (0.71%) Bash
4 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 148 (35.24%) Cisco Certification
2 117 (27.86%) CCNA
3 83 (19.76%) CCNP
4 58 (13.81%) Security Cleared
5 41 (9.76%) CCDP
5 41 (9.76%) CCIE
6 36 (8.57%) JNCIA
7 34 (8.10%) SC Cleared
8 20 (4.76%) JNCIP
9 16 (3.81%) APMP
10 12 (2.86%) Degree
11 10 (2.38%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 10 (2.38%) MCSE
11 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (2.14%) CTC Cleared
13 8 (1.90%) JNCIE
14 7 (1.67%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (4.76%) SLA
3 14 (3.33%) GDPR
4 9 (2.14%) COSHH
5 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.43%) NCSC
6 5 (1.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 66 (15.71%) Active Directory
2 60 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 36 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (2.62%) Docker
6 7 (1.67%) Firmware
7 6 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.95%) vCloud
9 3 (0.71%) vSphere
10 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (8.57%) FortiGate
2 24 (5.71%) WSUS
3 13 (3.10%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.90%) Progress Chef
4 8 (1.90%) Puppet
4 8 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.43%) Ansible
6 6 (1.43%) Endace
7 5 (1.19%) Nagios
7 5 (1.19%) OfficeScan
7 5 (1.19%) SCCM
8 4 (0.95%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.71%) Nessus
9 3 (0.71%) SolarWinds Orion
9 3 (0.71%) Terraform
10 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.48%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 243 (57.86%) Cisco
2 145 (34.52%) Juniper
3 92 (21.90%) Microsoft
4 69 (16.43%) Fortinet
5 65 (15.48%) Nokia
6 52 (12.38%) VMware
7 48 (11.43%) Meraki
8 45 (10.71%) Palo Alto
9 43 (10.24%) Ruckus Wireless
10 42 (10.00%) CheckPoint
11 30 (7.14%) SolarWinds
12 28 (6.67%) HP
13 22 (5.24%) Aruba
13 22 (5.24%) F5
14 18 (4.29%) Vyatta
15 17 (4.05%) Ribbon
16 15 (3.57%) Darktrace
16 15 (3.57%) NEC
17 14 (3.33%) Dell
18 11 (2.62%) Mitel