MPLS Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Contract jobs citing MPLS 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.72% - 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.34% - 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £519 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -71.43%
75th Percentile £559 - -
90th Percentile £568 - -
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £650
% change year-on-year - -19.23% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 58 76 205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 6.91% 17.47% 21.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 54 164
10th Percentile £302 £460 £460
25th Percentile £363 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.98% -10.42%
75th Percentile £688 £666 £675
90th Percentile £724 £716 £698
South West median daily rate £500 £548 £534
% change year-on-year -8.76% +2.62% +3.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68.00
Median hourly rate - - £71.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.40%
75th Percentile - - £74.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +87.50% +308.16%

MPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

MPLS
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MPLS

MPLS
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MPLS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MPLS

MPLS
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Corsham - 6 £538 - 1
MPLS
South West

MPLS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) BGP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 6 (100.00%) Network Security
1 6 (100.00%) TACACS
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PHP
1 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) APMG
2 4 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) GIAC
2 4 (66.67%) SSCP
3 3 (50.00%) GSEC
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (16.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) vCenter Server
2 3 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) VMware