MPLS Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 67 75
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 +30
Contract jobs citing MPLS 10 4 22
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.61% 0.55% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.00% 2.55% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £531 - £381
25th Percentile £563 £575 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +17.07% +13.89%
75th Percentile £663 £625 £603
90th Percentile £725 - £654
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £363
% change year-on-year - +37.93% -19.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 200 157 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.28% 21.66% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 116 158
10th Percentile £308 £340 £263
25th Percentile £500 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £618 £634
90th Percentile £760 £650 £641
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £485
% change year-on-year +2.04% +1.14% -0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 74
10th Percentile £44.86 £51.64 £17.69
25th Percentile £48.13 £55.81 £51.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.98% +1.50%
75th Percentile £56.75 £64.38 £61.30
90th Percentile £60.90 £73.50 £62.50
South East median hourly rate £48.11 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -12.53% -4.10% +27.44%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Hampshire

MPLS
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing MPLS

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in Hampshire over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in Hampshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing MPLS

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
Basingstoke - 4 £575 -
Farnborough - 3 - -
Southampton - 2 £700 - 1
Portsmouth - 1 - -
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (10.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) BGP
1 10 (100.00%) VPN
2 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) OSPF
3 5 (50.00%) IPsec
3 5 (50.00%) LAN
4 4 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (40.00%) Junos
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (20.00%) Multicast
5 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (20.00%) VLAN
5 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
6 1 (10.00%) Network Security
6 1 (10.00%) WAN
6 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aviation
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (70.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Design Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) IP Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) IP Network Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Validation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Network Design
1 5 (50.00%) Validation
2 4 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (30.00%) Network Optimisation
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Test Management
5 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) CCNA
3 4 (40.00%) JNCIS
4 2 (20.00%) BC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) CCIE
4 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) NCSC
2 1 (10.00%) GRC
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (20.00%) Iperf
2 2 (20.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Palo Alto
3 5 (50.00%) Juniper
4 3 (30.00%) Nokia
5 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
5 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (20.00%) Tufin
6 1 (10.00%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (10.00%) Meraki