The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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 50 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing MPLS 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.370% 0.291% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.695% 1.869% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £450 -
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
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
118 107 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 21.85% 15.57% 16.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 46 32
Average daily rate £285 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.93% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £433 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 22 26
Average hourly rate £20.00 £41.25 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.51% +122.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £10.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
MPLS
East of England

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Peterborough - 2 - -
MPLS
East of England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 11 (73.33%) Cisco
2 10 (66.67%) WAN
3 9 (60.00%) VPN
4 8 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (40.00%) CCNP
5 6 (40.00%) LAN
6 5 (33.33%) OSPF
6 5 (33.33%) BGP
7 3 (20.00%) CCIP
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (13.33%) Riverbed
8 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
8 2 (13.33%) Polycom
8 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
8 2 (13.33%) Wireless
8 2 (13.33%) CCNA
8 2 (13.33%) ITIL
9 1 (6.667%) Broadband
9 1 (6.667%) GAMP
9 1 (6.667%) GxP
9 1 (6.667%) CCIE
9 1 (6.667%) Juniper
9 1 (6.667%) DSL
9 1 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (6.667%) CCSA
9 1 (6.667%) Network Design
9 1 (6.667%) Internet
9 1 (6.667%) Firewall
9 1 (6.667%) Cisco ASA

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) WAN
2 9 (60.00%) VPN
3 6 (40.00%) LAN
4 5 (33.33%) OSPF
4 5 (33.33%) BGP
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (13.33%) Wireless
7 1 (6.667%) Broadband
7 1 (6.667%) DSL
7 1 (6.667%) Internet
7 1 (6.667%) Firewall
7 1 (6.667%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (6.667%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (6.667%) IPstream
7 1 (6.667%) Network Security
General
1 1 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (46.67%) Administrator
2 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Network Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Architect
4 1 (6.667%) Network Administrator
4 1 (6.667%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.667%) Network Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Network Security Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Network Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
1 2 (13.33%) ITIL
2 1 (6.667%) Network Design
2 1 (6.667%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (40.00%) CCNP
3 3 (20.00%) CCIP
4 2 (13.33%) CCNA
5 1 (6.667%) CCIE
5 1 (6.667%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) GAMP
1 1 (6.667%) GxP
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) Riverbed
2 2 (13.33%) Polycom
2 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.667%) Juniper
3 1 (6.667%) F5