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 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 412 466 602
Rank change year-on-year +54 +136 -167
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 185 174 293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 0.45% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.55% 3.95% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 147 162 244
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,460
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +10.42% -2.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £85,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £100,000 £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
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 5,217 4,404 8,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 11.45% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,281 5,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

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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 1 June 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 24 (12.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (8.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.16%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (19.46%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (18.92%) Azure
3 17 (9.19%) AWS
4 8 (4.32%) GCP
5 5 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (2.70%) SaaS
6 4 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.62%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.08%) IaaS
8 2 (1.08%) PaaS
9 1 (0.54%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 136 (73.51%) WAN
2 104 (56.22%) LAN
3 102 (55.14%) BGP
4 101 (54.59%) Firewall
5 82 (44.32%) OSPF
6 75 (40.54%) SD-WAN
7 64 (34.59%) VPN
8 42 (22.70%) Wi-Fi
9 38 (20.54%) VLAN
10 36 (19.46%) WLAN
11 35 (18.92%) TCP/IP
12 24 (12.97%) DNS
13 21 (11.35%) DHCP
13 21 (11.35%) Network Security
13 21 (11.35%) VoIP
13 21 (11.35%) Wireless
14 18 (9.73%) Ethernet
14 18 (9.73%) VPLS
15 16 (8.65%) Remote Desktop
16 14 (7.57%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.54%) Power BI
General
1 43 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.81%) Telecoms
3 14 (7.57%) Law
4 9 (4.86%) Finance
5 8 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.24%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.16%) Marketing
8 2 (1.08%) Billing
8 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Military
8 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Welsh Language
9 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (44.32%) Network Engineer
2 40 (21.62%) Senior
3 34 (18.38%) Analyst
4 31 (16.76%) Senior Network Engineer
5 29 (15.68%) Network Analyst
6 25 (13.51%) Network Operations Analyst
6 25 (13.51%) Operations Analyst
7 24 (12.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (9.73%) Project Manager
9 16 (8.65%) Core Network Engineer
9 16 (8.65%) Senior Core Network Engineer
10 12 (6.49%) Consultant
10 12 (6.49%) Data Centre Manager
10 12 (6.49%) Data Centre Project Manager
11 10 (5.41%) Juniper Engineer
12 9 (4.86%) IP Engineer
12 9 (4.86%) Solutions Consultant
13 8 (4.32%) Cisco Engineer
13 8 (4.32%) IP Network Engineer
13 8 (4.32%) Senior IP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.08%) Middleware
1 2 (1.08%) Web Services
2 1 (0.54%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 42 (22.70%) Data Centre
2 19 (10.27%) Public Cloud
3 9 (4.86%) IoT
4 8 (4.32%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.62%) PKI
6 3 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.08%) Clustering
7 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.54%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.86%) Windows
2 8 (4.32%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.54%) Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.14%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (12.97%) ITIL
3 24 (12.97%) Project Management
4 19 (10.27%) Agile
5 18 (9.73%) Customer Service
6 17 (9.19%) Network Design
6 17 (9.19%) Network Management
6 17 (9.19%) PRINCE2
7 16 (8.65%) Mentoring
7 16 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (7.57%) Network Monitoring
9 13 (7.03%) Roadmaps
10 12 (6.49%) Presales
11 8 (4.32%) Analytics
11 8 (4.32%) Computer Science
11 8 (4.32%) Data Management
11 8 (4.32%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (4.32%) Migration
11 8 (4.32%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.24%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.62%) Python
2 3 (1.62%) SQL
3 2 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 77 (41.62%) Cisco Certification
2 61 (32.97%) CCNA
3 59 (31.89%) CCNP
4 33 (17.84%) CCDP
5 30 (16.22%) CCIE
6 16 (8.65%) APMP
7 15 (8.11%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.86%) Degree
9 7 (3.78%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.78%) JNCIP
10 5 (2.70%) JNCIA
10 5 (2.70%) MCSE
10 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.62%) CCDA
11 3 (1.62%) SC Cleared
12 2 (1.08%) CCIE Data Center
13 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.54%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 1 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.49%) SLA
2 11 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.62%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 34 (18.38%) Hyper-V
2 28 (15.14%) Active Directory
3 21 (11.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (8.65%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.16%) vCloud
6 3 (1.62%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (11.35%) WSUS
2 19 (10.27%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.16%) BMC PATROL
4 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.62%) Nagios
4 3 (1.62%) OfficeScan
5 2 (1.08%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.08%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.08%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (1.08%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.54%) Ansible
6 1 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 125 (67.57%) Cisco
2 43 (23.24%) Juniper
2 43 (23.24%) Microsoft
3 34 (18.38%) Meraki
4 29 (15.68%) Fortinet
5 28 (15.14%) VMware
6 22 (11.89%) Palo Alto
7 19 (10.27%) SolarWinds
8 18 (9.73%) HP
8 18 (9.73%) Ruckus Wireless
9 17 (9.19%) Nokia
10 16 (8.65%) Aruba
11 12 (6.49%) CheckPoint
11 12 (6.49%) F5
12 9 (4.86%) Dell
13 8 (4.32%) Darktrace
13 8 (4.32%) NEC
14 7 (3.78%) Extreme Networks
15 6 (3.24%) Infoblox
15 6 (3.24%) Ubiquiti