MPLS Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MPLS 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 1.06% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £370 - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile £470 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £425 £400 -
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 36 11 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 12.77% 6.25% 51.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 9 37
10th Percentile £308 £309 £495
25th Percentile £354 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -17.62% -6.25% -10.40%
75th Percentile £488 £788 £593
90th Percentile £569 - £612
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -10.89% -8.18% +10.00%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Knutsford

MPLS
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing MPLS

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIE
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) F5