MPLS Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MPLS 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.31% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £478 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - -
75th Percentile £490 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £483 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 98 68 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 10.22% 13.88% 8.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 40 53
10th Percentile £313 £235 £283
25th Percentile £350 £298 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.20%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £600
90th Percentile £600 - £648
West Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -1.42% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £16.68 - -
25th Percentile £17.68 - -
Median hourly rate £19.34 - £13.87
75th Percentile £21.82 - £16.07
90th Percentile £23.30 - £17.39
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £13.87
% change year-on-year - - -57.32%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Leeds

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Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing MPLS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing MPLS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Broadband
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) DMVPN
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) LTE
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) WAN Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler
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