MPLS Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MPLS 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.93% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £540 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridge

MPLS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 31 24 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 14.49% 14.72% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 18
10th Percentile £175 £414 £168
25th Percentile £406 £415 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +53.85% -23.53%
75th Percentile £540 £613 £475
90th Percentile £613 £655 £497
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £475 £278
% change year-on-year - +71.17% -38.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £83.75 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £23.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +280.43% +15.00% -60.00%
75th Percentile £91.25 - -
90th Percentile - - £61.25
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £21.37
% change year-on-year -25.44% +0.42% +37.87%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MPLS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

MPLS job vacancy trend in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing MPLS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing MPLS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing MPLS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing MPLS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Network Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Qualys
1 2 (100.00%) Rockwell