MPLS Contracts in Somerset

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 21 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing MPLS 8 8 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 5.33% 3.83% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 44.44% 20.00% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £363 - £328
25th Percentile £475 - £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.32%
75th Percentile £559 - £388
90th Percentile £625 - -
South West median daily rate £525 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -19.23% - +46.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £40.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year - -36.12% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 40 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 12.00% 19.14% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 30
10th Percentile £225 £238 £155
25th Percentile £363 £250 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £295 £388
Median % change year-on-year +77.97% -23.87% +7.64%
75th Percentile £538 £511 £450
90th Percentile £603 £613 £516
South West median daily rate £545 £533 £518
% change year-on-year +2.20% +3.00% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 4
10th Percentile - £12.50 £16.93
25th Percentile - £26.25 £17.94
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £43.17
Median % change year-on-year - -7.34% -1.77%
75th Percentile - - £75.88
90th Percentile - - £84.35
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +75.00% +308.16% -81.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in Somerset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for MPLS in Somerset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in Somerset over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in Somerset

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Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Street - 6 £525 -
Bath - 2 £600 - 9
MPLS
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) BGP
2 6 (75.00%) OSPF
3 4 (50.00%) IPv6
3 4 (50.00%) VPN
4 2 (25.00%) Broadband
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (25.00%) Firewall
4 2 (25.00%) GPON
4 2 (25.00%) IOS XR
4 2 (25.00%) Multicast
4 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (25.00%) VLAN
4 2 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Core Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Principal Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Principal Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (25.00%) Business Development
1 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (25.00%) IT Governance
1 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (25.00%) Time Management
1 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (50.00%) CCIE
2 4 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (25.00%) CCNA
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) JNCIE
3 2 (25.00%) JNCIP
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Nagios
1 2 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) Google
3 2 (25.00%) Juniper
3 2 (25.00%) Nokia
3 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto