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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 75 84
Rank change year-on-year -24 +9 0
Contract jobs citing MPLS 15 4 18
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.80% 0.43% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.95% 1.97% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 5
10th Percentile - - £380
25th Percentile £513 £575 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +10.84%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £688
90th Percentile £633 - £709
South East median daily rate £525 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +17.65%

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 252 203 418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.37% 21.76% 25.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 149 184
10th Percentile £313 £325 £416
25th Percentile £505 £490 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - +27.78%
75th Percentile £646 £613 £638
90th Percentile £760 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +6.06% -1.00% +7.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 67
10th Percentile £47.44 £49.10 £19.08
25th Percentile £48.64 £51.42 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -0.26%
75th Percentile £56.21 £58.73 £62.53
90th Percentile £56.86 £60.38 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -23.18% -4.10% -0.26%

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

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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 25 July 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 25 July 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 - 13 £525 -
Southampton - 2 £700 -
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:

Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) BGP
2 12 (80.00%) IPsec
2 12 (80.00%) LAN
2 12 (80.00%) WAN
3 3 (20.00%) Firewall
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (13.33%) Multicast
4 2 (13.33%) OSPF
4 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (13.33%) VLAN
4 2 (13.33%) VPN
4 2 (13.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (13.33%) Aviation
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Tester
3 1 (6.67%) Tester
3 1 (6.67%) Validation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
2 2 (13.33%) Security Testing
2 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (13.33%) Validation
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (6.67%) Functional Testing
3 1 (6.67%) Integration Testing
3 1 (6.67%) Network Design
3 1 (6.67%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (6.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (6.67%) Test Management
3 1 (6.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (6.67%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Bash
1 2 (13.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (86.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) BC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) CCIE
3 2 (13.33%) CCNP
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) NCSC
2 1 (6.67%) GRC
2 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Ansible
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (13.33%) Iperf
1 2 (13.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
2 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
2 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds
2 2 (13.33%) Tufin
3 1 (6.67%) Juniper