The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring VPLS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
VPLS 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.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
3,796
4,572
6,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
11.52%
11.87%
13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,354
2,662
4,158
10th Percentile
£225
£225
£228
25th Percentile
£363
£375
£375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£588
£608
£613
90th Percentile
£679
£688
£700
UK excluding London median daily rate
£450
£500
£453
% change year-on-year
-10.00%
+10.50%
+0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
200
254
300
10th Percentile
£15.50
£14.16
£16.77
25th Percentile
£25.15
£21.37
£22.94
Median hourly rate
£43.00
£50.50
£56.49
Median % change year-on-year
-14.85%
-10.60%
+34.50%
75th Percentile
£65.00
£65.00
£67.50
90th Percentile
£75.00
£75.00
£75.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£42.50
£57.35
£57.50
% change year-on-year
-25.89%
-0.26%
+27.78%
VPLS Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VPLS Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VPLS.
VPLS Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VPLS.
VPLS Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing VPLS 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 with a requirement for VPLS.
VPLS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
