MPLS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 119 128
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 +54
Contract jobs citing MPLS 8 14 26
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.42% 0.61% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.47% 5.45% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 11
10th Percentile £503 £409 -
25th Percentile £527 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £543 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% +14.21% -13.64%
75th Percentile £672 £631 £538
90th Percentile £689 £732 -
London median daily rate £513 £488 £575
% change year-on-year +5.13% -15.22% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
London median hourly rate - £35.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year - -34.88% +88.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 179 257 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.43% 11.11% 10.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 167 191
10th Percentile £275 £350 £225
25th Percentile £413 £437 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.33%
75th Percentile £661 £638 £617
90th Percentile £738 £740 £700
London median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £22.32 - -
25th Percentile £24.61 £31.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £20.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +56.89% -0.17%
75th Percentile £36.49 £33.75 £37.19
90th Percentile £54.73 - £61.38
London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £26.25
% change year-on-year -32.48% +41.90% +7.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MPLS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MPLS

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in Central London over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in Central London

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MPLS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MPLS

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -2 8 £583 +1.75% 10
MPLS
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) BGP
2 5 (62.50%) OSPF
3 4 (50.00%) DNS
3 4 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (37.50%) SD-WAN
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (25.00%) DHCP
5 2 (25.00%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (25.00%) NX-OS
5 2 (25.00%) VPN
5 2 (25.00%) VXLAN
6 1 (12.50%) 3GPP
6 1 (12.50%) 4G
6 1 (12.50%) Internet
6 1 (12.50%) LAN
6 1 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (12.50%) VLAN
6 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Transformation Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) WAN Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Change Control
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
3 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (50.00%) CCNP
3 3 (37.50%) CCIE
4 2 (25.00%) JNCIS
5 1 (12.50%) CCNA
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) JNCIE
5 1 (12.50%) JNCIP
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) CASB
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Arista
3 2 (25.00%) Juniper
3 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) ForeScout
4 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (12.50%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (12.50%) Meraki
4 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
4 1 (12.50%) VMware