The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
19
22
24
Rank change year-on-year
+3
+2
+24
DemandTrendContract jobs citing MPLS
1
1
3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton
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 Southampton.
DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
24
24
23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton
18.75%
15.09%
12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted
11
19
21
10th Percentile
£325
£287
£240
25th Percentile
£500
£380
£263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£500
£325
Median % change year-on-year
+10.00%
+53.69%
-13.25%
75th Percentile
£581
£634
£538
90th Percentile
£713
-
£544
Hampshire median daily rate
£575
£575
£450
% change year-on-year
-
+27.78%
-8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
0
1
10th Percentile
-
-
-
25th Percentile
£71.00
-
-
Median hourly rate
£72.00
-
£21.22
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
+9.65%
75th Percentile
£73.00
-
-
90th Percentile
-
-
-
Hampshire median hourly rate
£55.00
£57.35
£58.91
% change year-on-year
-4.10%
-2.64%
+30.90%
MPLS Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
MPLS Daily Rate Trend in Southampton
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing MPLS.
MPLS Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing MPLS.
MPLS Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton
For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing MPLS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southampton region with a requirement for MPLS.
MPLS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:
