MPLS Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring MPLS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 81 107
Rank change year-on-year -44 +26 +28
Contract jobs citing MPLS 1 18 6
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.060% 1.23% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 8.96% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 6
10th Percentile - £421 £317
25th Percentile £475 £475 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £388
Median % change year-on-year - +29.03% +10.71%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £413
90th Percentile - - £456
England median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 184 201 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 10.97% 13.70% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 112 174
10th Percentile £234 £162 £192
25th Percentile £378 £228 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £540 £577 £588
90th Percentile £638 £644 £700
England median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - £11.86 £16.17
25th Percentile £47.50 £12.03 £17.22
Median hourly rate £50.00 £13.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +270.37% -38.64% +1.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £16.21 -
90th Percentile - £16.78 £30.32
England median hourly rate £34.00 £57.38 £56.49
% change year-on-year -40.74% +1.57% +36.12%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

MPLS job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing MPLS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing MPLS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper