Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPLS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 891 1181
Rank change year-on-year +16 +290 -261
Permanent jobs citing VPLS 30 55 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.058% 0.049%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.22% 0.36% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 26 40 79
10th Percentile £41,625 £63,625 £39,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £65,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +66.67% +10.87%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £61,375
90th Percentile £90,000 - £94,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £58,750 £48,750
% change year-on-year -10.64% +20.51% +16.07%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

VPLS 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 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

VPLS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VPLS in the UK

VPLS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VPLS in the UK

VPLS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPLS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VPLS in the UK

VPLS
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPLS within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +41 29 £77,500 -3.13% 3
Work from Home +42 19 £65,000 -27.78% 1
London +93 18 £85,000 -5.56% 3
UK excluding London -47 11 £52,500 -10.64%
South West -23 7 £52,500 -
North of England +33 2 - -
East of England - 2 £25,000 -
North West - 2 - -

VPLS
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 2 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (10.00%) AWS
4 2 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (90.00%) MPLS
2 23 (76.67%) BGP
3 20 (66.67%) Firewall
4 13 (43.33%) WAN
5 9 (30.00%) LAN
6 7 (23.33%) IGRP
6 7 (23.33%) VRRP
7 6 (20.00%) DNS
7 6 (20.00%) RSVP
7 6 (20.00%) VPN
8 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
9 4 (13.33%) VoIP
10 3 (10.00%) DHCP
10 3 (10.00%) Wireless
11 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (6.67%) OSPF
11 2 (6.67%) SNMP
11 2 (6.67%) Unified Communications
11 2 (6.67%) VLAN
11 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (26.67%) Public Sector
2 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Automotive
4 2 (6.67%) Law
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Network Engineer
2 13 (43.33%) Senior
3 7 (23.33%) Consultant
3 7 (23.33%) Senior Consultant
3 7 (23.33%) Solutions Consultant
4 6 (20.00%) Core Network Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) IP Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) IP Network Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Juniper Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Core Network Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Senior IP Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Senior IP Network Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Business Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Client Services Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Development Manager
6 2 (6.67%) IT Development Manager
6 2 (6.67%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Presales
2 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (20.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (6.67%) Business Development
3 2 (6.67%) CAD
3 2 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (6.67%) Change Management
3 2 (6.67%) Coaching
3 2 (6.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (6.67%) Incident Management
3 2 (6.67%) Information Security
3 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (6.67%) IT Strategy
3 2 (6.67%) ITIL
3 2 (6.67%) Market Research
4 1 (3.33%) Biotechnology
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.33%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (30.00%) CCNA
3 6 (20.00%) JNCIA
3 6 (20.00%) JNCIP
3 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (13.33%) CCNP
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.33%) Degree
5 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) QA
1 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (6.67%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.33%) Docker
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.33%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (66.67%) Cisco
2 15 (50.00%) Juniper
3 9 (30.00%) Meraki
4 6 (20.00%) Nokia
5 5 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (10.00%) HP
6 3 (10.00%) Palo Alto
6 3 (10.00%) VMware
7 2 (6.67%) Acronis
7 2 (6.67%) Aerohive Networks
7 2 (6.67%) Citrix
7 2 (6.67%) Dell
7 2 (6.67%) EqualLogic
7 2 (6.67%) Mitel
7 2 (6.67%) NETGEAR
7 2 (6.67%) Symantec
7 2 (6.67%) Synology
7 2 (6.67%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (3.33%) Ruckus Wireless