MPLS Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 31 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing MPLS 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.04% 0.50% 0.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.76% 3.45% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.51%
75th Percentile - - £425
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median daily rate - - £400
% change year-on-year - - -7.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 42 29 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 21.76% 14.57% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 14
10th Percentile £160 £139 £155
25th Percentile £180 £140 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £175 £315
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -44.44% -25.88%
75th Percentile £400 £208 £419
90th Percentile £423 £520 £499
Merseyside median daily rate £133 £175 £325
% change year-on-year -24.29% -46.15% -23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
Merseyside median hourly rate - £18.07 -

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Liverpool

MPLS
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing MPLS

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Forcepoint
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee