The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 20 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 Northamptonshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank - 42 29
Contract jobs citing MPLS 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire - 0.251% 0.746%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 3.448% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £42.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-44.64% +20.00%
All Communications & Networking
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
23 29 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 9.350% 7.268% 3.731%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 1
Average daily rate £263 £350 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.94% +179.80%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -27.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
MPLS
East Midlands

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire MPLS Daily Rate Trend

MPLS
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Nokia
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Banking

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia