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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 546 654
Rank change year-on-year +44 +108 -147
Permanent jobs citing MPLS 453 507 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.49% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.32% 3.17% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 358 340 551
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.16% -2.92% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £95,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%

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 13,628 15,972 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.82% 15.39% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 8,150 11,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -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 £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -

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 3 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 3 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 +93 424 £50,000 -9.09% 91
UK excluding London +24 292 £48,500 +2.11% 57
Work from Home +98 188 £52,500 -27.59% 42
London +82 144 £65,000 -0.76% 33
Midlands +89 110 £48,500 -38.41% 15
West Midlands +94 105 £48,500 -39.38% 9
North of England +23 74 £42,500 -5.56% 12
South East -3 58 £55,000 - 16
North West +28 54 £40,000 -20.00% 3
Yorkshire +45 26 £60,000 +33.33% 9
East of England +18 26 £45,000 -25.00% 5
South West -31 26 £48,500 -7.62% 6
Wales +11 12 £42,977 +34.30% 4
East Midlands -8 5 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Scotland -79 5 £75,000 - 1
North East -17 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 47 (10.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.21%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.77%) CMS
5 5 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.88%) Confluence
7 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 94 (20.75%) Azure
2 83 (18.32%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (9.27%) AWS
4 20 (4.42%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.75%) SaaS
6 14 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (3.09%) IaaS
7 13 (2.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 10 (2.21%) GCP
9 9 (1.99%) PaaS
10 5 (1.10%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.66%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.22%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 312 (68.87%) WAN
2 251 (55.41%) BGP
3 220 (48.57%) LAN
4 204 (45.03%) Firewall
5 165 (36.42%) OSPF
6 144 (31.79%) SD-WAN
7 131 (28.92%) VPN
8 109 (24.06%) Wi-Fi
9 94 (20.75%) Wireless
10 87 (19.21%) TCP/IP
11 82 (18.10%) VLAN
12 74 (16.34%) DHCP
13 69 (15.23%) WLAN
14 61 (13.47%) DNS
15 55 (12.14%) IPsec
16 54 (11.92%) Network Security
17 53 (11.70%) Internet
18 51 (11.26%) Ethernet
19 45 (9.93%) VoIP
20 28 (6.18%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.43%) MongoDB
1 11 (2.43%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (3.09%) JIRA
2 11 (2.43%) GitLab
3 3 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 73 (16.11%) Social Skills
2 64 (14.13%) Telecoms
3 48 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.73%) Finance
5 24 (5.30%) Law
6 11 (2.43%) Local Government
7 10 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.99%) Retail
9 7 (1.55%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.10%) Marketing
10 5 (1.10%) Police
11 4 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.66%) Military
13 2 (0.44%) Advertising
13 2 (0.44%) Automotive
13 2 (0.44%) Billing
13 2 (0.44%) Games
13 2 (0.44%) Welsh Language
14 1 (0.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 202 (44.59%) Network Engineer
2 113 (24.94%) Senior
3 72 (15.89%) Senior Network Engineer
4 62 (13.69%) Analyst
5 54 (11.92%) Network Analyst
6 50 (11.04%) IP Engineer
7 44 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 41 (9.05%) IP Network Engineer
9 37 (8.17%) Network Operations Analyst
9 37 (8.17%) Operations Analyst
10 34 (7.51%) Juniper Engineer
11 30 (6.62%) Architect
12 29 (6.40%) Core Network Engineer
12 29 (6.40%) Senior Core Network Engineer
13 27 (5.96%) Cisco Engineer
14 26 (5.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 23 (5.08%) Senior IP Engineer
16 22 (4.86%) Project Manager
17 21 (4.64%) Network Architect
18 20 (4.42%) Senior IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.64%) 802.1X
2 18 (3.97%) XML
3 16 (3.53%) NETCONF
4 11 (2.43%) JSON
4 11 (2.43%) REST
4 11 (2.43%) RESTCONF
4 11 (2.43%) SOAP
4 11 (2.43%) YAML
4 11 (2.43%) YANG
5 8 (1.77%) SAML
6 7 (1.55%) HTML
7 3 (0.66%) EDI
8 2 (0.44%) Middleware
8 2 (0.44%) Web Services
8 2 (0.44%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 101 (22.30%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.08%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.97%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.97%) Public Cloud
4 14 (3.09%) IoT
5 13 (2.87%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.21%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.99%) ARM Cortex
9 8 (1.77%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.55%) Clustering
10 7 (1.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 7 (1.55%) FMCG
10 7 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.55%) PKI
11 6 (1.32%) CCTV
11 6 (1.32%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.88%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 49 (10.82%) Windows
2 44 (9.71%) Windows Server
3 28 (6.18%) Linux
4 19 (4.19%) Unix
4 19 (4.19%) VyOS
5 11 (2.43%) CentOS
6 8 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.44%) Solaris
9 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (14.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (13.47%) Network Management
3 58 (12.80%) ITIL
4 57 (12.58%) Customer Service
4 57 (12.58%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (10.60%) Network Design
7 47 (10.38%) Project Management
8 43 (9.49%) Roadmaps
9 42 (9.27%) Mentoring
10 41 (9.05%) Technical Leadership
11 37 (8.17%) Agile
12 35 (7.73%) Load Balancing
13 31 (6.84%) Project Delivery
14 28 (6.18%) High Availability
14 28 (6.18%) Network Monitoring
15 25 (5.52%) Technology Roadmap
16 24 (5.30%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (4.86%) Change Control
18 20 (4.42%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.96%) Python
2 20 (4.42%) PowerShell
2 20 (4.42%) SQL
3 5 (1.10%) Bash
4 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 159 (35.10%) Cisco Certification
2 118 (26.05%) CCNA
3 88 (19.43%) CCNP
4 65 (14.35%) Security Cleared
5 47 (10.38%) CCIE
6 44 (9.71%) CCDP
7 39 (8.61%) JNCIA
8 37 (8.17%) SC Cleared
9 25 (5.52%) JNCIP
10 22 (4.86%) Degree
11 16 (3.53%) APMP
12 14 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (2.65%) JNCIE
14 11 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (2.21%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 10 (2.21%) MCSE
16 9 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (1.99%) CTC Cleared
17 8 (1.77%) Azure Certification
18 4 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.74%) SLA
2 22 (4.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (3.09%) GDPR
4 9 (1.99%) COSHH
4 9 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.10%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.10%) NCSC
6 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 75 (16.56%) Active Directory
2 62 (13.69%) Hyper-V
3 42 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (5.08%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (2.43%) Docker
6 7 (1.55%) Firmware
7 6 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.88%) vCloud
9 3 (0.66%) vSphere
10 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (8.39%) FortiGate
2 26 (5.74%) WSUS
3 13 (2.87%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.77%) Progress Chef
4 8 (1.77%) Puppet
4 8 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.55%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (1.32%) Endace
6 6 (1.32%) SCCM
7 5 (1.10%) Ansible
7 5 (1.10%) Nagios
7 5 (1.10%) OfficeScan
8 4 (0.88%) BMC PATROL
8 4 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.66%) Nessus
9 3 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
9 3 (0.66%) Terraform
10 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.44%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 257 (56.73%) Cisco
2 152 (33.55%) Juniper
3 100 (22.08%) Microsoft
4 70 (15.45%) Fortinet
4 70 (15.45%) Nokia
5 58 (12.80%) VMware
6 51 (11.26%) Meraki
7 47 (10.38%) Palo Alto
8 46 (10.15%) Ruckus Wireless
9 42 (9.27%) CheckPoint
10 33 (7.28%) SolarWinds
11 26 (5.74%) HP
12 24 (5.30%) Aruba
13 21 (4.64%) F5
14 19 (4.19%) Vyatta
15 17 (3.75%) Ribbon
16 13 (2.87%) Darktrace
16 13 (2.87%) Dell
16 13 (2.87%) NEC
17 11 (2.43%) Mitel