The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 76 91 98
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +7
Contract jobs citing MPLS 24 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.576% 0.504% 0.266%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.668% 2.623% 1.812%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 3
Average daily rate £288 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £406 £297
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £437 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £339 £325
% change year-on-year
-11.43% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £42.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-44.64% +34.40%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
313 305 276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.55% 19.23% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 124 83
Average daily rate £340 £363 £316
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.20% +14.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 54 75
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £21.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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
Basingstoke - 8 £288 -
Winchester - 1 £500 -
Andover - 1 £575 -
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 31 (75.61%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (65.85%) Cisco
2 27 (65.85%) CCNP
3 23 (56.10%) CCNA
3 23 (56.10%) LAN
4 22 (53.66%) TCP/IP
4 22 (53.66%) WAN
5 20 (48.78%) BGP
6 17 (41.46%) EIGRP
6 17 (41.46%) Telecoms
7 14 (34.15%) Migration
7 14 (34.15%) Project Management
8 13 (31.71%) Wireless
9 12 (29.27%) Firewall
10 10 (24.39%) IP Telephony
11 9 (21.95%) Internet
11 9 (21.95%) Ethernet
11 9 (21.95%) WLAN
12 7 (17.07%) OSPF
12 7 (17.07%) VoIP
12 7 (17.07%) Broadband
12 7 (17.07%) Windows
13 6 (14.63%) Linux
13 6 (14.63%) IPv6
13 6 (14.63%) VPLS
13 6 (14.63%) VLAN
13 6 (14.63%) HSRP
14 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
14 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
15 4 (9.756%) UNIX

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 (2.439%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.317%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (56.10%) LAN
2 22 (53.66%) TCP/IP
2 22 (53.66%) WAN
3 20 (48.78%) BGP
4 17 (41.46%) EIGRP
5 13 (31.71%) Wireless
6 12 (29.27%) Firewall
7 10 (24.39%) IP Telephony
8 9 (21.95%) Internet
8 9 (21.95%) Ethernet
8 9 (21.95%) WLAN
9 7 (17.07%) OSPF
9 7 (17.07%) VoIP
9 7 (17.07%) Broadband
10 6 (14.63%) IPv6
10 6 (14.63%) VPLS
10 6 (14.63%) VLAN
10 6 (14.63%) HSRP
11 4 (9.756%) ATM
11 4 (9.756%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.756%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
1 4 (9.756%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (9.756%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (9.756%) Oracle 11g
General
1 17 (41.46%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.878%) Finance
3 1 (2.439%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Network Engineer
2 15 (36.59%) Network Support
3 8 (19.51%) Support Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) Network Support Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Network Analyst
4 7 (17.07%) Network Support Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Support Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) IP Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) IP Network Engineer
7 4 (9.756%) Technical Architect
7 4 (9.756%) Architect
8 3 (7.317%) Programme Manager
8 3 (7.317%) Consultant
9 2 (4.878%) Administrator
9 2 (4.878%) Network Design Engineer
9 2 (4.878%) Network Administrator
9 2 (4.878%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.317%) Digital Media
1 3 (7.317%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.878%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.439%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Windows
2 6 (14.63%) Linux
3 4 (9.756%) UNIX
3 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (9.756%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (2.439%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Migration
1 14 (34.15%) Project Management
2 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
3 4 (9.756%) ITIL
3 4 (9.756%) Risk Management
3 4 (9.756%) Time Management
4 3 (7.317%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.317%) Capacity Management
4 3 (7.317%) Business Continuity
4 3 (7.317%) Information Security
4 3 (7.317%) Load Balancing
4 3 (7.317%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.878%) Service Delivery
5 2 (4.878%) Network Design
5 2 (4.878%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.439%) Performance Management
6 1 (2.439%) Programme Management
6 1 (2.439%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.439%) DRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.878%) C
1 2 (4.878%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (75.61%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (65.85%) CCNP
3 23 (56.10%) CCNA
4 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
5 4 (9.756%) SC Cleared
6 3 (7.317%) APMP
6 3 (7.317%) DV Cleared
6 3 (7.317%) Degree
6 3 (7.317%) CCIE
7 1 (2.439%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.439%) CCSP
7 1 (2.439%) CCIP
7 1 (2.439%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.878%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (9.756%) Xen
1 4 (9.756%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (9.756%) Oracle RAC
1 4 (9.756%) Hyper-V
1 4 (9.756%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (4.878%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 27 (65.85%) Cisco
2 4 (9.756%) Oracle
2 4 (9.756%) HP
2 4 (9.756%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.756%) Red Hat
2 4 (9.756%) VMware
2 4 (9.756%) 3PAR
3 2 (4.878%) Juniper
4 1 (2.439%) Polycom
4 1 (2.439%) 3Com
4 1 (2.439%) Avaya
4 1 (2.439%) Nortel
4 1 (2.439%) Citrix
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