The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 23 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 Brighton 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MPLS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £339 £325
% change year-on-year
-11.43% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £42.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-44.64% +34.40%
All Communications & Networking
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
13 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 8.966% 3.475% 7.971%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 0
Average daily rate £210 £370 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.24% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £23.00 £23.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +109.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
MPLS
East Sussex

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton MPLS Daily Rate Trend

MPLS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Brighton MPLS Hourly Rate Trend

MPLS
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Intel
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) CommVault
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL V2
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Support
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL V2
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Intel
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) CommVault