MPLS Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 78 54 54
Rank change year-on-year
-24 0
Contract jobs citing MPLS 45 91 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.860% 2.985% 2.590%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.305% 8.650% 11.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 10
Average daily rate £325 £351 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.47% +11.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £273 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £543 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £339 £325
% change year-on-year
-11.43% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
Average hourly rate £24.50 £45.00 £41.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.55% +9.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £42.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-44.64% +20.00%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 616 1052 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.45% 34.50% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 204 193
Average daily rate £285 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 45 54
Average hourly rate £17.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MPLS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire MPLS Jobs Demand Trend

MPLS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MPLS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire MPLS Daily Rate Trend

MPLS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MPLS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire MPLS Daily Rate Histogram

MPLS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MPLS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire MPLS Hourly Rate Trend

MPLS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -9 19 £286 -23.66%
Newbury - 4 £450 -
Bracknell -9 1 - -
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MPLS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MPLS.

1 67 (69.07%) Telecoms
2 63 (64.95%) Ethernet
3 47 (48.45%) ATM
4 37 (38.14%) SDH
5 35 (36.08%) Ericsson
6 33 (34.02%) Cisco
6 33 (34.02%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 33 (34.02%) LTE
7 32 (32.99%) VPN
8 31 (31.96%) BGP
8 31 (31.96%) Project Management
9 30 (30.93%) OSPF
10 28 (28.87%) 3G
11 26 (26.80%) 2G
11 26 (26.80%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (25.77%) Capacity Planning
12 25 (25.77%) Radio Access Network
13 19 (19.59%) WAN
14 18 (18.56%) CCNP
14 18 (18.56%) Network Design
15 17 (17.53%) LAN
16 14 (14.43%) Huawei
17 12 (12.37%) CCNA
17 12 (12.37%) Internet
17 12 (12.37%) HSRP
18 11 (11.34%) Nokia
18 11 (11.34%) BT
18 11 (11.34%) VRRP
18 11 (11.34%) RSVP
19 10 (10.31%) Migration

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MPLS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MPLS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.031%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.031%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (8.247%) MS Office
2 5 (5.155%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.062%) MS Project
4 1 (1.031%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 63 (64.95%) Ethernet
2 47 (48.45%) ATM
3 37 (38.14%) SDH
4 33 (34.02%) LTE
5 32 (32.99%) VPN
6 31 (31.96%) BGP
7 30 (30.93%) OSPF
8 28 (28.87%) 3G
9 26 (26.80%) 2G
10 25 (25.77%) Radio Access Network
11 19 (19.59%) WAN
12 17 (17.53%) LAN
13 12 (12.37%) Internet
13 12 (12.37%) HSRP
14 11 (11.34%) VRRP
14 11 (11.34%) RSVP
15 9 (9.278%) ADSL
15 9 (9.278%) VoIP
15 9 (9.278%) Unified Communications
16 8 (8.247%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.031%) MS Access
General
1 67 (69.07%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.062%) Back Office
3 1 (1.031%) French Language
3 1 (1.031%) German Language
Job Titles
1 57 (58.76%) Design Engineer
2 38 (39.18%) Transmission Engineer
3 28 (28.87%) Network Engineer
4 13 (13.40%) Network Design Engineer
5 9 (9.278%) IP Engineer
6 8 (8.247%) Architect
7 7 (7.216%) Access Transmission Engineer
8 5 (5.155%) Consultant
8 5 (5.155%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.124%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.124%) Technical Manager
9 4 (4.124%) IP Network Engineer
10 3 (3.093%) Test Engineer
10 3 (3.093%) Technical Architect
10 3 (3.093%) Cisco Engineer
10 3 (3.093%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 2 (2.062%) Delivery Manager
11 2 (2.062%) Network Architect
11 2 (2.062%) Network Team Leader
11 2 (2.062%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.093%) Digital Media
2 2 (2.062%) PMI
3 1 (1.031%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.247%) Windows
2 6 (6.186%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (6.186%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (5.155%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.96%) Project Management
2 25 (25.77%) Capacity Planning
3 18 (18.56%) Network Design
4 10 (10.31%) Migration
5 6 (6.186%) Project Planning
6 4 (4.124%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (3.093%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.062%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (1.031%) Capacity Management
9 1 (1.031%) WAN Optimisation
9 1 (1.031%) PRINCE
9 1 (1.031%) Programme Management
9 1 (1.031%) Change Management
9 1 (1.031%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.031%) Validation
9 1 (1.031%) Load Balancing
9 1 (1.031%) Matrix Management
9 1 (1.031%) Performance Management
9 1 (1.031%) Network Planning
9 1 (1.031%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.031%) C
1 1 (1.031%) C#
1 1 (1.031%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.031%) SQL
1 1 (1.031%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (26.80%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (18.56%) CCNP
3 12 (12.37%) CCNA
4 9 (9.278%) CCIE
5 8 (8.247%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.247%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.124%) CCSP
6 4 (4.124%) JNCIP
6 4 (4.124%) JNCIE
7 3 (3.093%) PMI Certification
7 3 (3.093%) CCIP
7 3 (3.093%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.062%) CISSP
8 2 (2.062%) CCVP
9 1 (1.031%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.031%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.031%) PMP
9 1 (1.031%) MCP
9 1 (1.031%) CCDP
System Software
1 7 (7.216%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.124%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.124%) SCCM
1 4 (4.124%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.031%) OpenView
2 1 (1.031%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (1.031%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 35 (36.08%) Ericsson
2 33 (34.02%) Cisco
2 33 (34.02%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 14 (14.43%) Huawei
4 11 (11.34%) BT
4 11 (11.34%) Nokia
5 8 (8.247%) Juniper
6 7 (7.216%) NEC
7 6 (6.186%) VMware
7 6 (6.186%) CheckPoint
8 5 (5.155%) HP
9 4 (4.124%) Brocade
9 4 (4.124%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.062%) Microsoft
11 1 (1.031%) Citrix
11 1 (1.031%) Remedy
11 1 (1.031%) Riverbed
11 1 (1.031%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 1 (1.031%) Redback
11 1 (1.031%) Twitter
Network Support Engineer (VoIP)
Newbury, Thames Valley
Key Skills 2nd/3rd Line Support experience Support of Active Directory Technical Support of ADSL, MPLS Networks Good Networking knowledge - Gateway, Alcatel, ISDN Supporting VoIP systems Supporting Windows...
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Rate: £22.00 - £27.00 per hour
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