Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
England > South West
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for VPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPLS over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 177 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -42 |
| Contract jobs citing VPLS | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | - | 0.027% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £600 | £425 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +41.18% | -19.05% | +16.02% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West
VPLS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 521 | 619 | 488 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 16.34% | 17.16% | 13.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 335 | 399 | 300 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £217 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £461 | £400 | £339 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.00% | +11.11% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £630 | £546 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £719 | £619 |
| England median daily rate | £495 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.71% | +5.00% | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 42 | 122 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.53 | - | £41.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.75 | - | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £9.80 | £50.56 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +308.16% | -80.62% | +8.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.56 | £60.00 | £64.62 |
| 90th Percentile | £84.30 | £77.35 | £69.05 |
| England median hourly rate | £40.00 | £18.50 | £23.91 |
| % change year-on-year | +116.22% | -22.63% | -4.36% |
VPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing VPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
VPLS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPLS in the South West.