MPLS Contracts in England

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MPLS over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 447 480
Rank change year-on-year +176 +33 -47
Contract jobs citing MPLS 306 212 316
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.84% 0.44% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.40% 3.59% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 113 203
10th Percentile £300 £313 £342
25th Percentile £337 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% -2.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £602
UK median daily rate £400 £486 £500
% change year-on-year -17.61% -2.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 3
10th Percentile £13.70 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £34.93 £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £62.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.68% +138.46% +13.04%
75th Percentile £40.00 £66.62 £28.38
90th Percentile - £70.00 £29.50
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -59.68% +138.46% +13.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

MPLS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,784 5,911 7,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.15% 12.27% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 3,864 5,161
10th Percentile £210 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 424 309
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.86
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +7.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS in England.

Daily rate trend for MPLS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MPLS in England.

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MPLS in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MPLS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London +132 106 £525 -4.55% 28
Midlands +95 105 £375 +15.38% 15
West Midlands +83 102 £375 +15.38% 11
South East +40 69 £375 -16.67% 17
South West +3 13 £650 - 5
North of England +4 9 £425 +13.33% 9
North West +1 5 £602 +26.74% 3
North East - 4 £385 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £575 - 4
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.59%) Apache
2 11 (3.59%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.96%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (14.71%) Azure
2 27 (8.82%) AWS
3 16 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.25%) GCP
5 10 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.94%) IaaS
7 5 (1.63%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.63%) OCI
8 4 (1.31%) Cloudflare
8 4 (1.31%) SaaS
9 2 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 206 (67.32%) BGP
2 181 (59.15%) WAN
3 115 (37.58%) VPN
4 109 (35.62%) IPsec
5 94 (30.72%) Firewall
6 64 (20.92%) LAN
7 54 (17.65%) OSPF
8 53 (17.32%) Junos
9 46 (15.03%) DNS
10 41 (13.40%) SD-WAN
11 34 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
11 34 (11.11%) SSL
12 32 (10.46%) Cisco ASA
12 32 (10.46%) Ethernet VPN
13 31 (10.13%) Cisco Firepower
14 30 (9.80%) Internet
14 30 (9.80%) SNMP
15 29 (9.48%) DHCP
16 26 (8.50%) EIGRP
17 25 (8.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.27%) MongoDB
1 10 (3.27%) NoSQL
1 10 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (5.23%) JIRA
2 14 (4.58%) Git
3 11 (3.59%) GitLab
3 11 (3.59%) Robot Framework
3 11 (3.59%) TestRail
4 6 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (17.97%) Finance
2 52 (16.99%) Social Skills
3 29 (9.48%) Telecoms
4 27 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.61%) Aerospace
7 6 (1.96%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.31%) French Language
8 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.98%) Advertising
9 3 (0.98%) Aviation
9 3 (0.98%) Banking
10 2 (0.65%) Legal
11 1 (0.33%) Billing
11 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.33%) Local Government
11 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 123 (40.20%) Network Engineer
2 64 (20.92%) Architect
3 52 (16.99%) Network Architect
4 34 (11.11%) Network Support
5 33 (10.78%) WAN Engineer
6 32 (10.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 26 (8.50%) 3rd Line Support
8 24 (7.84%) Senior
9 17 (5.56%) Support Engineer
10 14 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (4.58%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 14 (4.58%) Design Engineer
10 14 (4.58%) IP Expert
10 14 (4.58%) Network Design Engineer
11 13 (4.25%) Test Engineer
12 11 (3.59%) Analyst
13 10 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (2.94%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 9 (2.94%) IT Analyst
14 9 (2.94%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.09%) NETCONF
2 36 (11.76%) YANG
3 26 (8.50%) JSON
3 26 (8.50%) XML
4 16 (5.23%) Jinja
5 11 (3.59%) REST
5 11 (3.59%) RESTCONF
5 11 (3.59%) SOAP
6 9 (2.94%) Web Services
7 5 (1.63%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.98%) SAML
9 2 (0.65%) LDAP
9 2 (0.65%) RESTful
10 1 (0.33%) .NET
10 1 (0.33%) EDI
10 1 (0.33%) IBM Integration Bus
10 1 (0.33%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 61 (19.93%) PKI
2 47 (15.36%) Data Centre
3 20 (6.54%) Distributed Architecture
4 11 (3.59%) Clustering
5 8 (2.61%) Client/Server
5 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.96%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.98%) CMDB
8 3 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (0.98%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.33%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.33%) IoT
9 1 (0.33%) IVR
9 1 (0.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.50%) Windows
2 15 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.92%) Unix
4 5 (1.63%) Linux
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (23.53%) Network Design
2 60 (19.61%) Load Balancing
3 37 (12.09%) Network Management
4 35 (11.44%) Migration
5 31 (10.13%) Customer Requirements
6 29 (9.48%) Technical Leadership
7 28 (9.15%) Network Architecture
8 24 (7.84%) DevOps
9 21 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (5.88%) Project Delivery
11 16 (5.23%) Agile
12 15 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 15 (4.90%) Integration Testing
12 15 (4.90%) Network Monitoring
12 15 (4.90%) Roadmaps
12 15 (4.90%) Workflow
13 14 (4.58%) Data Protection
13 14 (4.58%) Test Planning
14 13 (4.25%) Capacity Planning
14 13 (4.25%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.11%) Python
2 14 (4.58%) SQL
3 8 (2.61%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.98%) Perl
5 1 (0.33%) C
5 1 (0.33%) C++
5 1 (0.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 118 (38.56%) Security Cleared
2 75 (24.51%) Cisco Certification
3 54 (17.65%) CCNP
4 53 (17.32%) SC Cleared
5 29 (9.48%) CCIE
6 28 (9.15%) CCNA
7 20 (6.54%) Degree
8 13 (4.25%) JNCIS
9 10 (3.27%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.94%) CCIE Data Center
11 8 (2.61%) JNCIA
12 7 (2.29%) CCIE Service Provider
13 6 (1.96%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.96%) BC Cleared
13 6 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.63%) CCDP
14 5 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.31%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.25%) SLA
2 7 (2.29%) QA
3 3 (0.98%) HIPAA
3 3 (0.98%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.65%) NCSC
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (8.50%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.27%) Docker
4 9 (2.94%) Firmware
5 8 (2.61%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (2.61%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (1.96%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.63%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.33%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (8.50%) Endace
2 13 (4.25%) Ansible
2 13 (4.25%) SCCM
3 9 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (2.61%) Nagios
4 8 (2.61%) NetBackup
4 8 (2.61%) Terraform
5 6 (1.96%) SolarWinds Orion
6 5 (1.63%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.98%) Kibana
7 3 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.65%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.33%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 143 (46.73%) Juniper
2 138 (45.10%) Cisco
3 64 (20.92%) F5
4 34 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 32 (10.46%) Nokia
6 29 (9.48%) Microsoft
7 28 (9.15%) VMware
8 24 (7.84%) Fortinet
9 22 (7.19%) CheckPoint
10 20 (6.54%) Infoblox
11 15 (4.90%) Zscaler
12 11 (3.59%) SolarWinds
13 10 (3.27%) Citrix
14 8 (2.61%) Aruba
14 8 (2.61%) Hitachi
14 8 (2.61%) NetApp
15 7 (2.29%) Google
15 7 (2.29%) Meraki
15 7 (2.29%) Okta
16 5 (1.63%) Symantec