The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 131 115 123
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +8
Contract jobs citing MPLS 93 144 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.190% 1.418% 1.301%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.366% 6.701% 7.211%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 44 48
Average daily rate £290 £339 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.39% -3.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £151 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £439 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £339 £325
% change year-on-year
-11.43% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 4
Average hourly rate £28.50 £45.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.82 £39.00 £38.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £42.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-44.64% +20.00%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1461 2149 1886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.70% 21.16% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 627 653
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 188 223
Average hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.08 £13.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
MPLS
England

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East MPLS Hourly Rate Trend

MPLS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MPLS across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East MPLS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire -24 45 £325 -7.47%
Hampshire +12 25 £288 -32.35%
Kent +2 9 £240 -25.00%
West Sussex +12 6 £300 +114.28%
Oxfordshire +11 4 £340 -
Buckinghamshire +5 3 £250 -23.66%
Surrey +12 2 - -
Middlesex 0 1 - -
MPLS
England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 87 (47.80%) Cisco
2 85 (46.70%) Telecoms
3 80 (43.96%) Ethernet
4 73 (40.11%) Cisco Certification
5 68 (37.36%) BGP
6 59 (32.42%) CCNP
7 56 (30.77%) Project Management
8 55 (30.22%) WAN
9 52 (28.57%) ATM
9 52 (28.57%) OSPF
10 51 (28.02%) LAN
11 45 (24.73%) VPN
12 41 (22.53%) SDH
13 40 (21.98%) CCNA
14 37 (20.33%) LTE
14 37 (20.33%) TCP/IP
14 37 (20.33%) VoIP
14 37 (20.33%) 3G
15 36 (19.78%) Internet
15 36 (19.78%) Ericsson
16 35 (19.23%) Firewall
17 34 (18.68%) Nokia Siemens Networks
18 33 (18.13%) Wireless
19 31 (17.03%) 2G
19 31 (17.03%) Juniper
20 30 (16.48%) DNS
21 29 (15.93%) Capacity Planning
21 29 (15.93%) Radio Access Network
22 27 (14.84%) Network Design
22 27 (14.84%) Windows

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 (0.549%) HTML
1 1 (0.549%) COM
1 1 (0.549%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.297%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.648%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.549%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.549%) Lync
3 1 (0.549%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.549%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (6.044%) MS Excel
2 8 (4.396%) MS Office
3 2 (1.099%) MS Project
4 1 (0.549%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.549%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 80 (43.96%) Ethernet
2 68 (37.36%) BGP
3 55 (30.22%) WAN
4 52 (28.57%) ATM
4 52 (28.57%) OSPF
5 51 (28.02%) LAN
6 45 (24.73%) VPN
7 41 (22.53%) SDH
8 37 (20.33%) VoIP
8 37 (20.33%) TCP/IP
8 37 (20.33%) 3G
8 37 (20.33%) LTE
9 36 (19.78%) Internet
10 35 (19.23%) Firewall
11 33 (18.13%) Wireless
12 31 (17.03%) 2G
13 30 (16.48%) DNS
14 29 (15.93%) Radio Access Network
15 25 (13.74%) DHCP
16 24 (13.19%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.198%) SQL Server
1 4 (2.198%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (2.198%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (2.198%) Oracle 11g
1 4 (2.198%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (0.549%) MS Access
2 1 (0.549%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (0.549%) WebLOAD
General
1 85 (46.70%) Telecoms
2 12 (6.593%) Legal
3 6 (3.297%) Finance
4 2 (1.099%) Back Office
4 2 (1.099%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.549%) Publishing
5 1 (0.549%) Banking
5 1 (0.549%) French Language
5 1 (0.549%) German Language
Job Titles
1 63 (34.62%) Design Engineer
2 59 (32.42%) Network Engineer
3 39 (21.43%) Transmission Engineer
4 24 (13.19%) Analyst
5 20 (10.99%) Network Analyst
6 18 (9.890%) Network Support
6 18 (9.890%) Network Design Engineer
7 15 (8.242%) IP Engineer
8 14 (7.692%) Architect
8 14 (7.692%) Support Engineer
9 13 (7.143%) Cisco Engineer
10 12 (6.593%) Support Analyst
10 12 (6.593%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 10 (5.495%) Project Manager
12 9 (4.945%) Network Support Engineer
12 9 (4.945%) IP Network Engineer
13 8 (4.396%) Network Support Analyst
13 8 (4.396%) Consultant
14 7 (3.846%) Technical Architect
14 7 (3.846%) Access Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.297%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.648%) Blackberry
2 3 (1.648%) Digital Media
3 2 (1.099%) PMI
3 2 (1.099%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.099%) Handset
3 2 (1.099%) Clustering
4 1 (0.549%) IVR
4 1 (0.549%) e-Health
4 1 (0.549%) IPTV
4 1 (0.549%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 27 (14.84%) Windows
2 13 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (6.593%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (5.495%) Linux
5 7 (3.846%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.198%) Oracle Linux
6 4 (2.198%) UNIX
7 3 (1.648%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.549%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.549%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.549%) VMS
8 1 (0.549%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.77%) Project Management
2 29 (15.93%) Capacity Planning
3 27 (14.84%) Network Design
4 24 (13.19%) Migration
5 16 (8.791%) Change Management
6 13 (7.143%) Load Balancing
7 12 (6.593%) ITIL
8 11 (6.044%) PRINCE2
9 8 (4.396%) Capacity Management
10 6 (3.297%) Project Planning
10 6 (3.297%) Service Delivery
11 5 (2.747%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (2.747%) Network Management
11 5 (2.747%) Configuration Management
12 4 (2.198%) Risk Management
12 4 (2.198%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (2.198%) ITIL V2
12 4 (2.198%) Business Analysis
12 4 (2.198%) Time Management
12 4 (2.198%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.198%) SQL
2 3 (1.648%) C
3 1 (0.549%) C#
3 1 (0.549%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.549%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (40.11%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (32.42%) CCNP
3 40 (21.98%) CCNA
4 17 (9.341%) JNCIP
5 14 (7.692%) Degree
6 13 (7.143%) Security Cleared
7 12 (6.593%) SC Cleared
7 12 (6.593%) CCIE
8 11 (6.044%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (5.495%) RHCE
9 10 (5.495%) MCSE
10 7 (3.846%) CCSP
11 6 (3.297%) CCIP
12 4 (2.198%) JNCIE
13 3 (1.648%) APMP
13 3 (1.648%) BC Cleared
13 3 (1.648%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.648%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.648%) CCVP
14 2 (1.099%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.099%) JSP 440
System Software
1 8 (4.396%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.297%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.297%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.198%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.198%) vSphere
3 4 (2.198%) Xen
3 4 (2.198%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (2.198%) SCCM
1 4 (2.198%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (1.648%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.099%) OpenView
3 2 (1.099%) WSUS
3 2 (1.099%) HP SIM
4 1 (0.549%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (0.549%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 87 (47.80%) Cisco
2 36 (19.78%) Ericsson
3 34 (18.68%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 31 (17.03%) Juniper
5 25 (13.74%) HP
6 15 (8.242%) Microsoft
7 14 (7.692%) Huawei
8 13 (7.143%) VMware
9 12 (6.593%) BT
9 12 (6.593%) Nokia
10 11 (6.044%) CheckPoint
11 10 (5.495%) Aruba
12 8 (4.396%) Citrix
13 7 (3.846%) NEC
14 6 (3.297%) F5
14 6 (3.297%) Blue Coat
14 6 (3.297%) Red Hat
14 6 (3.297%) Riverbed
15 5 (2.747%) Intel
16 4 (2.198%) Avaya
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