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 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 92 103
Rank change year-on-year -54 +11 +12
Contract jobs citing MPLS 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.11% 0.26% 0.058%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.85% 1.57% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £476 £205 -
25th Percentile £478 £250 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +37.86% -30.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £490 £450 -
90th Percentile £493 £495 -
England median daily rate £473 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -5.50% +25.00% -17.70%

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 353 191 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 13.02% 16.55% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 100 131
10th Percentile £303 £219 £193
25th Percentile £366 £345 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £485
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% - +2.11%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £594
90th Percentile £684 £619 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 0 9
10th Percentile £19.26 - £12.75
25th Percentile £21.33 - £13.87
Median hourly rate £25.77 - £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.87%
75th Percentile - - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.77 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.95% -6.25% +122.22%

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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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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
West Yorkshire - 3 £483 - 2
MPLS
England

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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 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Broadband
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) DMVPN
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) LTE
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) WAN Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler