Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 539 652
Rank change year-on-year +37 +113 -134
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 445 506 701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.50% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.29% 3.21% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 354 330 545
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,563 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% -2.08% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £97,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -13.64% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,519 15,777 20,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.57% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,018 11,667
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the UK

MPLS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +100 416 £50,000 -9.09% 88
UK excluding London +8 290 £48,500 +2.11% 54
Work from Home +81 184 £52,500 -27.59% 84
London +64 140 £70,000 +6.87% 32
Midlands +68 109 £48,500 -37.42% 17
West Midlands +93 105 £48,500 -38.41% 12
North of England +27 72 £42,500 -5.56% 10
South East -10 59 £55,000 - 15
North West +34 52 £41,250 -15.38% 4
Yorkshire +58 26 £60,000 +33.33% 6
East of England +24 26 £45,000 -25.00% 5
South West -32 26 £48,500 -7.62% 5
Wales +7 12 £42,977 +34.30% 3
Scotland -83 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -21 4 £50,000 +5.26% 5
North East -16 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

MPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 44 (9.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.25%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.80%) CMS
5 3 (0.67%) Confluence
5 3 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 93 (20.90%) Azure
2 80 (17.98%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (9.66%) AWS
4 20 (4.49%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.82%) SaaS
6 14 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (3.15%) IaaS
7 13 (2.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 10 (2.25%) GCP
9 9 (2.02%) PaaS
10 5 (1.12%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.67%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.22%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 308 (69.21%) WAN
2 248 (55.73%) BGP
3 216 (48.54%) LAN
4 199 (44.72%) Firewall
5 162 (36.40%) OSPF
6 144 (32.36%) SD-WAN
7 127 (28.54%) VPN
8 105 (23.60%) Wi-Fi
9 93 (20.90%) Wireless
10 86 (19.33%) TCP/IP
11 79 (17.75%) VLAN
12 70 (15.73%) DHCP
13 69 (15.51%) WLAN
14 60 (13.48%) DNS
15 54 (12.13%) IPsec
16 53 (11.91%) Network Security
17 52 (11.69%) Internet
18 51 (11.46%) Ethernet
19 45 (10.11%) VoIP
20 28 (6.29%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.47%) MongoDB
1 11 (2.47%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (3.15%) JIRA
2 11 (2.47%) GitLab
3 3 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (15.73%) Social Skills
2 60 (13.48%) Telecoms
3 47 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.87%) Finance
5 25 (5.62%) Law
6 11 (2.47%) Local Government
7 10 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.02%) Retail
9 6 (1.35%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.12%) Marketing
10 5 (1.12%) Police
11 4 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.67%) Military
13 2 (0.45%) Advertising
13 2 (0.45%) Automotive
13 2 (0.45%) Billing
13 2 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.45%) Games
13 2 (0.45%) Welsh Language
14 1 (0.22%) French Language
Job Titles
1 199 (44.72%) Network Engineer
2 111 (24.94%) Senior
3 71 (15.96%) Senior Network Engineer
4 61 (13.71%) Analyst
5 53 (11.91%) Network Analyst
6 47 (10.56%) IP Engineer
7 45 (10.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 39 (8.76%) IP Network Engineer
9 37 (8.31%) Network Operations Analyst
9 37 (8.31%) Operations Analyst
10 34 (7.64%) Juniper Engineer
11 30 (6.74%) Architect
12 28 (6.29%) Core Network Engineer
12 28 (6.29%) Senior Core Network Engineer
13 27 (6.07%) Cisco Engineer
14 26 (5.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 23 (5.17%) Senior IP Engineer
16 21 (4.72%) Network Architect
17 20 (4.49%) Project Manager
17 20 (4.49%) Senior IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.72%) 802.1X
2 18 (4.04%) XML
3 16 (3.60%) NETCONF
4 11 (2.47%) JSON
4 11 (2.47%) REST
4 11 (2.47%) RESTCONF
4 11 (2.47%) SOAP
4 11 (2.47%) YAML
4 11 (2.47%) YANG
5 8 (1.80%) SAML
6 7 (1.57%) HTML
7 3 (0.67%) EDI
8 2 (0.45%) Middleware
8 2 (0.45%) Web Services
8 2 (0.45%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 98 (22.02%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.27%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.04%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.37%) IoT
6 13 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (2.25%) Operational Technology
8 9 (2.02%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.80%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.57%) Clustering
10 7 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 7 (1.57%) FMCG
10 7 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.57%) PKI
11 6 (1.35%) CCTV
12 5 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.67%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 46 (10.34%) Windows
2 41 (9.21%) Windows Server
3 26 (5.84%) Linux
4 19 (4.27%) Unix
5 18 (4.04%) VyOS
6 11 (2.47%) CentOS
7 7 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.45%) Solaris
9 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (14.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (13.26%) Network Management
3 58 (13.03%) Cybersecurity
4 57 (12.81%) ITIL
5 56 (12.58%) Customer Service
6 51 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (10.11%) Network Design
7 45 (10.11%) Project Management
8 43 (9.66%) Roadmaps
9 41 (9.21%) Mentoring
10 39 (8.76%) Technical Leadership
11 35 (7.87%) Agile
11 35 (7.87%) Load Balancing
12 31 (6.97%) Project Delivery
13 28 (6.29%) High Availability
14 27 (6.07%) Network Monitoring
15 25 (5.62%) Technology Roadmap
16 24 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (4.94%) Change Control
18 20 (4.49%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.84%) Python
2 20 (4.49%) SQL
3 19 (4.27%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.90%) Bash
5 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 158 (35.51%) Cisco Certification
2 117 (26.29%) CCNA
3 89 (20.00%) CCNP
4 64 (14.38%) Security Cleared
5 47 (10.56%) CCIE
6 44 (9.89%) CCDP
7 37 (8.31%) JNCIA
7 37 (8.31%) SC Cleared
8 25 (5.62%) JNCIP
9 22 (4.94%) Degree
10 16 (3.60%) APMP
11 14 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (2.70%) JNCIE
13 11 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.25%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 10 (2.25%) MCSE
15 9 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (2.02%) CTC Cleared
16 8 (1.80%) Azure Certification
17 3 (0.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.62%) SLA
2 23 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.15%) GDPR
4 9 (2.02%) COSHH
4 9 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.12%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.12%) NCSC
6 3 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 72 (16.18%) Active Directory
2 60 (13.48%) Hyper-V
3 39 (8.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (4.72%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (2.47%) Docker
6 7 (1.57%) Firmware
7 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.90%) vCloud
9 3 (0.67%) vSphere
10 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (8.31%) FortiGate
2 24 (5.39%) WSUS
3 13 (2.92%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.80%) Progress Chef
4 8 (1.80%) Puppet
4 8 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (1.35%) Endace
6 6 (1.35%) SCCM
7 5 (1.12%) Ansible
7 5 (1.12%) Nagios
7 5 (1.12%) OfficeScan
8 4 (0.90%) BMC PATROL
8 4 (0.90%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.67%) Nessus
9 3 (0.67%) SolarWinds Orion
9 3 (0.67%) Terraform
10 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.45%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 256 (57.53%) Cisco
2 150 (33.71%) Juniper
3 97 (21.80%) Microsoft
4 70 (15.73%) Fortinet
5 69 (15.51%) Nokia
6 53 (11.91%) VMware
7 50 (11.24%) Meraki
8 46 (10.34%) Palo Alto
9 43 (9.66%) Ruckus Wireless
10 42 (9.44%) CheckPoint
11 34 (7.64%) SolarWinds
12 27 (6.07%) HP
13 24 (5.39%) Aruba
14 21 (4.72%) F5
15 18 (4.04%) Vyatta
16 17 (3.82%) Ribbon
17 14 (3.15%) Darktrace
17 14 (3.15%) NEC
18 13 (2.92%) Dell
19 11 (2.47%) Mitel