The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing MPLS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 28 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 20.00% 9.894% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 15
Average daily rate £325 £238 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £165 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £396 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 4
Average hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +46.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.85 £30.00 £13.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
MPLS
East Midlands

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire MPLS Hourly Rate Trend

MPLS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WLAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 4 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WLAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Analyst
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) SolarWinds