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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual private LAN service (VPLS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VPLS over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual private LAN service (VPLS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank204-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.248 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads806841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.135 %0.850 %
Daily rates quoted412363
Average minimum daily rate£365£395
Average daily rate£383£409
% change on same period last year-6.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted6056
Average minimum hourly rate£22.18£22.00
Average hourly rate£23.90£23.47
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.61£24.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
VPLS LondonVPLS
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VPLS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VPLS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

City of London VPLS Demand Trend

VPLS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing VPLS 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 VPLS.

12 (100.00 %)Ethernet
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)Juniper
12 (100.00 %)MPLS
12 (100.00 %)OSPF
12 (100.00 %)DSL
12 (100.00 %)EIGRP
12 (100.00 %)VRRP
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)VLAN
12 (100.00 %)NGN
21 (50.00 %)LAN
21 (50.00 %)BGP
21 (50.00 %)Lucent
21 (50.00 %)Alcatel
21 (50.00 %)IPv4

VPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing VPLS 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 VPLS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)Ethernet
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)MPLS
12 (100.00 %)OSPF
12 (100.00 %)DSL
12 (100.00 %)EIGRP
12 (100.00 %)VRRP
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)VLAN
12 (100.00 %)NGN
21 (50.00 %)BGP
21 (50.00 %)IPv4
21 (50.00 %)LAN
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (50.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)Juniper
21 (50.00 %)Lucent
21 (50.00 %)Alcatel