The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hounslow 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
19 Jun 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 Hounslow - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
- -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
23 9 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 41.07% 10.11% 29.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 16
Average daily rate £425 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £235 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £360 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
MPLS
London

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow MPLS Daily Rate Trend

MPLS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco