L2TP Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring L2TP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 166 -
Rank change year-on-year -73 - -
Contract jobs citing L2TP 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.015% 0.030% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £600 -
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

L2TP 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 840 535 558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.54% 15.94% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 319 373
10th Percentile £308 £186 £200
25th Percentile £375 £300 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £613
90th Percentile £650 £625 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 2 28
10th Percentile £17.99 £27.70 £13.53
25th Percentile £21.33 £34.78 £22.06
Median hourly rate £22.81 £47.37 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +77.09% +151.65%
75th Percentile £25.77 £59.17 £46.69
90th Percentile £42.62 £65.76 £49.43
England median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% - +136.20%

L2TP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing L2TP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

L2TP job vacancy trend in the North of England

L2TP
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing L2TP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing L2TP

L2TP
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing L2TP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
North West -41 1 £575 -4.17% 1
L2TP
England

L2TP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk