Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
South East > Kent
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring MPLS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MPLS over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 21 | 35 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +14 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing MPLS | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent | - | 1.85% | 0.45% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 12.90% | 5.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £153 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £153 | £620 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £156 | £640 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -75.62% | +96.92% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £158 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £158 | - |
| South East median daily rate | £450 | £463 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.70% | - | -7.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £20.08 | - |
| South East median hourly rate | - | £19.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -26.92% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent
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 Kent.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 48 | 31 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent | 40.68% | 14.35% | 8.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 44 | 21 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £153 | £143 | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £160 | £200 | £263 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £263 | £338 | £431 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.22% | -21.74% | +38.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £603 | £450 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | £540 | £624 |
| South East median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £469 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +6.61% | +3.08% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £22.40 | £79.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -71.71% | +314.50% |
| South East median hourly rate | £52.44 | £57.35 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.57% | -0.26% | +85.48% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS in Kent.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MPLS in Kent.