MPLS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 469 522
Rank change year-on-year -16 +53 -116
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 301 285 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.50% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.04% 2.65% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 243 126 256
10th Percentile £26,700 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £77,125
90th Percentile £67,000 £73,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £51,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,894 10,757 11,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.02% 19.03% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,118 4,590 6,556
10th Percentile £25,756 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Midlands +67 106 £48,500 -37.42% 14
West Midlands +74 102 £48,500 -38.41% 12
North of England +21 82 £45,000 - 11
South East -14 68 £55,000 +13.40% 12
North West +21 56 £42,500 -19.05% 4
Yorkshire +39 32 £60,000 +33.33% 7
East of England +11 29 £45,000 -25.00% 4
South West -41 25 £48,500 -7.62% 1
Wales +11 12 £42,977 +79.07% 1
East Midlands -27 4 £50,000 -28.57% 2
Scotland -88 4 £61,750 - 1
North East -18 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.66%) CMS
3 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 64 (21.26%) Azure
2 55 (18.27%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (8.31%) AWS
4 11 (3.65%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.32%) GCP
5 10 (3.32%) SaaS
6 5 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.33%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.00%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.00%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.66%) IaaS
9 2 (0.66%) PaaS
10 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 205 (68.11%) WAN
2 147 (48.84%) BGP
3 121 (40.20%) LAN
4 112 (37.21%) Firewall
5 110 (36.54%) OSPF
6 99 (32.89%) SD-WAN
7 72 (23.92%) Wireless
8 64 (21.26%) Wi-Fi
9 59 (19.60%) TCP/IP
10 53 (17.61%) VPN
10 53 (17.61%) WLAN
11 43 (14.29%) IPsec
12 42 (13.95%) VLAN
13 39 (12.96%) DHCP
14 37 (12.29%) Ethernet
15 33 (10.96%) VoIP
16 32 (10.63%) Network Security
17 31 (10.30%) Internet
18 24 (7.97%) DSL
19 19 (6.31%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.33%) JIRA
2 3 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (12.96%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.62%) Telecoms
3 21 (6.98%) Finance
4 13 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.65%) Local Government
6 8 (2.66%) Retail
7 6 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.66%) Marketing
8 5 (1.66%) Police
9 3 (1.00%) Military
10 2 (0.66%) Automotive
10 2 (0.66%) Law
10 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.66%) Welsh Language
11 1 (0.33%) Billing
11 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 135 (44.85%) Network Engineer
2 45 (14.95%) Senior
3 41 (13.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (13.29%) Analyst
5 36 (11.96%) IP Engineer
6 32 (10.63%) Network Analyst
7 31 (10.30%) Network Operations Analyst
7 31 (10.30%) Operations Analyst
8 30 (9.97%) Senior Network Engineer
9 27 (8.97%) IP Network Engineer
9 27 (8.97%) Juniper Engineer
10 21 (6.98%) Cisco Engineer
10 21 (6.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 15 (4.98%) Network Support
11 15 (4.98%) WAN Engineer
12 14 (4.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.99%) Architect
13 12 (3.99%) Senior IP Engineer
13 12 (3.99%) Support Engineer
14 11 (3.65%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.66%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.66%) Middleware
2 2 (0.66%) Web Services
2 2 (0.66%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.97%) Data Centre
2 20 (6.64%) Driving Licence
3 18 (5.98%) IoT
4 11 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.32%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.99%) ARM Cortex
6 9 (2.99%) Clustering
7 7 (2.33%) FMCG
7 7 (2.33%) PKI
7 7 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.99%) CCTV
9 5 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.66%) SCADA
11 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.63%) Windows
2 33 (10.96%) Windows Server
3 18 (5.98%) VyOS
4 7 (2.33%) Linux
5 6 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.66%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.66%) Solaris
8 2 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 51 (16.94%) Customer Service
3 48 (15.95%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (9.97%) Network Management
6 29 (9.63%) High Availability
7 27 (8.97%) ITIL
8 26 (8.64%) Project Management
9 22 (7.31%) Network Monitoring
10 20 (6.64%) Project Delivery
11 18 (5.98%) Network Design
12 17 (5.65%) Data Management
13 15 (4.98%) Load Balancing
14 14 (4.65%) Configuration Management
14 14 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (4.32%) Change Advisory Board
15 13 (4.32%) Network Architecture
15 13 (4.32%) Proactive Monitoring
15 13 (4.32%) Service Design
16 12 (3.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.32%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.99%) SQL
3 4 (1.33%) Python
4 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 128 (42.52%) Cisco Certification
2 99 (32.89%) CCNA
3 68 (22.59%) CCNP
4 61 (20.27%) Security Cleared
5 40 (13.29%) CCDP
6 38 (12.62%) CCIE
7 37 (12.29%) SC Cleared
8 29 (9.63%) JNCIA
9 17 (5.65%) Degree
10 16 (5.32%) JNCIP
11 14 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (3.32%) MCSE
14 9 (2.99%) CTC Cleared
14 9 (2.99%) JNCIE
15 7 (2.33%) CCIE Routing and Switching
16 6 (1.99%) Azure Certification
17 4 (1.33%) CCDA
18 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.65%) GDPR
3 12 (3.99%) SLA
4 9 (2.99%) COSHH
5 6 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.66%) HIPAA
System Software
1 47 (15.61%) Hyper-V
2 39 (12.96%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.33%) Firmware
5 6 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.33%) vCloud
7 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (9.30%) FortiGate
2 9 (2.99%) Failover Clustering
2 9 (2.99%) WSUS
3 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.99%) Endace
5 5 (1.66%) Ansible
5 5 (1.66%) Nagios
5 5 (1.66%) OfficeScan
6 4 (1.33%) BMC PATROL
6 4 (1.33%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.00%) Terraform
8 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.66%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.66%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 165 (54.82%) Cisco
2 111 (36.88%) Juniper
3 59 (19.60%) Microsoft
4 57 (18.94%) Nokia
5 56 (18.60%) Fortinet
6 37 (12.29%) Meraki
7 30 (9.97%) Palo Alto
8 29 (9.63%) HP
9 26 (8.64%) VMware
10 25 (8.31%) Ruckus Wireless
11 23 (7.64%) Aruba
12 21 (6.98%) CheckPoint
13 18 (5.98%) F5
13 18 (5.98%) Vyatta
14 17 (5.65%) Darktrace
14 17 (5.65%) NEC
15 13 (4.32%) Dell
16 11 (3.65%) Mitel
16 11 (3.65%) SolarWinds
17 9 (2.99%) Ribbon