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 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 399 491 585
Rank change year-on-year +92 +94 -162
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 182 170 288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.54% 0.42% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.51% 3.72% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 147 157 241
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,442
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% +20.83% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 5,180 4,569 7,962
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.32% 11.26% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,323 3,394 5,076
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,717
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

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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 20 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 25 (13.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (9.34%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (2.20%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (20.33%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (19.78%) Azure
3 16 (8.79%) AWS
4 8 (4.40%) GCP
5 5 (2.75%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (2.75%) SaaS
6 4 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.65%) IaaS
7 3 (1.65%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.10%) PaaS
9 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 134 (73.63%) WAN
2 108 (59.34%) BGP
3 107 (58.79%) LAN
4 95 (52.20%) Firewall
5 87 (47.80%) OSPF
6 75 (41.21%) SD-WAN
7 65 (35.71%) VPN
8 42 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (21.98%) WLAN
10 38 (20.88%) VLAN
11 36 (19.78%) TCP/IP
12 26 (14.29%) DNS
13 21 (11.54%) DHCP
13 21 (11.54%) Network Security
13 21 (11.54%) Wireless
14 20 (10.99%) VoIP
15 19 (10.44%) Ethernet
16 18 (9.89%) VPLS
17 17 (9.34%) Remote Desktop
18 14 (7.69%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.55%) Power BI
General
1 42 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 18 (9.89%) Telecoms
3 14 (7.69%) Law
4 10 (5.49%) Finance
5 8 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.30%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.20%) Marketing
8 2 (1.10%) Billing
8 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Military
8 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Welsh Language
9 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 80 (43.96%) Network Engineer
2 38 (20.88%) Analyst
2 38 (20.88%) Senior
3 33 (18.13%) Network Analyst
4 29 (15.93%) Network Operations Analyst
4 29 (15.93%) Operations Analyst
4 29 (15.93%) Senior Network Engineer
5 23 (12.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (10.44%) Project Manager
7 15 (8.24%) Core Network Engineer
7 15 (8.24%) Senior Core Network Engineer
8 12 (6.59%) Data Centre Manager
8 12 (6.59%) Data Centre Project Manager
9 9 (4.95%) Consultant
9 9 (4.95%) Juniper Engineer
10 8 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
10 8 (4.40%) IP Engineer
11 7 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.85%) Senior IP Engineer
11 7 (3.85%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.10%) Middleware
1 2 (1.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.89%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.85%) IoT
4 6 (3.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 6 (3.30%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.65%) PKI
5 3 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.10%) Clustering
6 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.10%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.55%) CMDB
7 1 (0.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.49%) Windows
2 9 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.30%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (13.74%) Project Management
3 24 (13.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (12.64%) ITIL
5 20 (10.99%) Agile
6 18 (9.89%) Customer Service
6 18 (9.89%) PRINCE2
7 16 (8.79%) Mentoring
7 16 (8.79%) Network Management
7 16 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (8.24%) Network Design
9 13 (7.14%) Roadmaps
10 12 (6.59%) Network Monitoring
10 12 (6.59%) Presales
11 8 (4.40%) Analytics
11 8 (4.40%) Computer Science
11 8 (4.40%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (4.40%) Proactive Monitoring
12 7 (3.85%) Load Balancing
12 7 (3.85%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.75%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.65%) SQL
3 2 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 77 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (34.62%) CCNA
3 60 (32.97%) CCNP
4 35 (19.23%) CCDP
5 32 (17.58%) CCIE
6 16 (8.79%) APMP
7 14 (7.69%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.95%) Degree
9 7 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.85%) JNCIP
10 6 (3.30%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.75%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.75%) MCSE
11 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.65%) CCDA
13 2 (1.10%) CCIE Data Center
13 2 (1.10%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.55%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 1 (0.55%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.59%) SLA
2 9 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.65%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 33 (18.13%) Hyper-V
2 29 (15.93%) Active Directory
3 21 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (9.34%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.20%) vCloud
6 2 (1.10%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (12.09%) WSUS
2 16 (8.79%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.20%) BMC PATROL
4 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.65%) Nagios
4 3 (1.65%) OfficeScan
5 2 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.10%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.10%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.10%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.10%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 121 (66.48%) Cisco
2 43 (23.63%) Microsoft
3 40 (21.98%) Juniper
4 32 (17.58%) Meraki
5 27 (14.84%) VMware
6 26 (14.29%) Fortinet
7 22 (12.09%) Palo Alto
8 19 (10.44%) Ruckus Wireless
9 18 (9.89%) SolarWinds
10 16 (8.79%) HP
10 16 (8.79%) Nokia
11 15 (8.24%) Aruba
12 12 (6.59%) CheckPoint
13 11 (6.04%) F5
14 8 (4.40%) Dell
15 7 (3.85%) Extreme Networks
16 6 (3.30%) Darktrace
16 6 (3.30%) Infoblox
16 6 (3.30%) NEC
16 6 (3.30%) Ubiquiti