MPLS Contracts in Berkshire

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 90 102
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 -24
Contract jobs citing MPLS 40 25 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.02% 1.38% 1.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.20% 7.27% 7.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 10
10th Percentile £208 £410 £358
25th Percentile £253 £425 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £500 £471
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% +6.16% +4.67%
75th Percentile £400 £535 £500
90th Percentile £470 £577 £564
South East median daily rate £375 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.49% -6.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £19.08 £19.93 -
25th Percentile £19.94 £22.06 £25.50
Median hourly rate £21.75 £26.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +0.96% +22.35%
75th Percentile £23.44 £30.56 £26.50
90th Percentile £24.23 £32.78 -
South East median hourly rate £43.75 £26.25 £26.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% +0.96% +22.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 488 344 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 24.66% 18.94% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 186 225
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £310 £395 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £486 £467
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +4.12% +20.52%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £563
90th Percentile £623 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £489 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.51% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.65 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £25.13 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.26 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -37.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for MPLS in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Reading -1 23 £345 -31.00%
Bracknell - 12 £325 - 2
Newbury -4 2 - - 1
Slough - 2 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £345 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 11 (27.50%) Apache
1 11 (27.50%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.50%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 29 (72.50%) BGP
2 19 (47.50%) VPN
3 12 (30.00%) Radio Access Network
4 11 (27.50%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (27.50%) Firewall
4 11 (27.50%) WAN
5 8 (20.00%) Internet
6 7 (17.50%) IPsec
7 6 (15.00%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (15.00%) EIGRP
8 5 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (12.50%) OSPF
8 5 (12.50%) SSL
9 4 (10.00%) HSRP
9 4 (10.00%) SNMP
10 3 (7.50%) GLBP
10 3 (7.50%) Junos
10 3 (7.50%) SD-WAN
10 3 (7.50%) VPLS
10 3 (7.50%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (27.50%) MongoDB
1 11 (27.50%) NoSQL
1 11 (27.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (32.50%) JIRA
2 11 (27.50%) GitLab
2 11 (27.50%) Robot Framework
2 11 (27.50%) TestRail
General
1 8 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Advertising
3 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Aviation
3 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (67.50%) Network Engineer
2 12 (30.00%) Test Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Architect
3 8 (20.00%) Network Architect
4 5 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Network Operations Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) IP Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Senior
6 2 (5.00%) Senior IP Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Test Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (2.50%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (27.50%) NETCONF
1 11 (27.50%) REST
1 11 (27.50%) RESTCONF
1 11 (27.50%) SOAP
1 11 (27.50%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 5 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (7.50%) PKI
3 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) IoT
4 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Agile
1 11 (27.50%) CI/CD
1 11 (27.50%) Containerisation
1 11 (27.50%) Integration Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Performance Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Regression Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Scrum
1 11 (27.50%) Security Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Test Automation
1 11 (27.50%) Unit Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Workflow
2 6 (15.00%) Network Architecture
3 5 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 5 (12.50%) Migration
4 3 (7.50%) High Availability
4 3 (7.50%) Network Design
4 3 (7.50%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (5.00%) Load Balancing
5 2 (5.00%) Network Management
5 2 (5.00%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) Python
1 11 (27.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
4 5 (12.50%) CCNA
4 5 (12.50%) CCNP
5 3 (7.50%) JNCIA
5 3 (7.50%) JNCIS
6 2 (5.00%) BC Cleared
6 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.00%) CCIE
6 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.50%) CCDP
7 1 (2.50%) CCIP
7 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) QA
System Software
1 11 (27.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Endace
Vendors
1 18 (45.00%) Cisco
2 15 (37.50%) Juniper
3 4 (10.00%) F5
4 2 (5.00%) ADVA
5 1 (2.50%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.50%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.50%) Meraki
5 1 (2.50%) Nokia
5 1 (2.50%) Nokia Networks
5 1 (2.50%) Tellabs
5 1 (2.50%) Zscaler