MPLS Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MPLS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 4.17% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median daily rate £569 £633 £250
% change year-on-year -10.08% +153.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 29.17% 5.26% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £296 - £662
25th Percentile £500 - £680
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £720
Median % change year-on-year - - +67.44%
75th Percentile £600 - £741
90th Percentile £690 - £748
Somerset median daily rate £275 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -45.00% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £11.87
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.73%
Somerset median hourly rate £63.00 £13.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year +384.62% -74.95% +226.87%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Taunton

MPLS
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing MPLS

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds