VPLS Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring VPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VPLS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £325 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wiltshire

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 in Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 85 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 7.51% 19.14% 25.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 59 185
10th Percentile £305 £456 £444
25th Percentile £379 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £585 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% +8.84% -10.42%
75th Percentile £673 £640 £672
90th Percentile £731 £689 £675
South West median daily rate £495 £545 £538
% change year-on-year -9.17% +1.40% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68.00
Median hourly rate - - £71.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.90%
75th Percentile - - £74.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £17.79 £56.49
% change year-on-year +237.27% -68.51% +476.43%

VPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

VPLS job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

VPLS
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing VPLS

VPLS
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 VPLS within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Chippenham - 1 £325 - 1
VPLS
South West

VPLS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco