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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 77 105
Rank change year-on-year -52 +28 +29
Contract jobs citing MPLS 1 19 4
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.055% 1.44% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% 9.60% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 4
10th Percentile - £428 £336
25th Percentile £475 £475 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £434
90th Percentile - £534 £474
England median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%

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 209 198 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.49% 15.03% 11.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 110 163
10th Percentile £203 £180 £213
25th Percentile £300 £237 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £423 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -6.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £545 £556 £581
90th Percentile £645 £697 £670
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile - £11.97 £15.80
25th Percentile £15.25 £12.30 £17.14
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.19 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -26.41% +4.07%
75th Percentile £34.13 £41.50 -
90th Percentile £45.15 - £23.43
England median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +26.38%

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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