MPLS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 114 112 121
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +52
Contract jobs citing MPLS 8 11 24
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.46% 0.53% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.00% 4.98% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 9
10th Percentile £503 £406 £416
25th Percentile £527 £449 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £573 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +20.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £672 £697 £538
90th Percentile £689 £734 £570
Central London median daily rate £583 £543 £475
% change year-on-year +7.37% +14.21% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £32.50 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 160 221 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.28% 10.63% 9.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 137 163
10th Percentile £275 £350 £266
25th Percentile £413 £431 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £664 £641 £625
90th Percentile £738 £755 £710
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £21.25 - £19.39
25th Percentile £22.86 £31.25 £20.09
Median hourly rate £34.75 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% +44.44% +8.43%
75th Percentile £52.02 £33.75 £50.63
90th Percentile £60.15 - £66.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £20.72
% change year-on-year -21.63% +56.89% -0.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MPLS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MPLS

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in the City of London

MPLS
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MPLS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MPLS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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