MPLS Contracts in the South West

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England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for MPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MPLS over the 6 months to 15 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 149 151
Rank change year-on-year +13 +2 -20
Contract jobs citing MPLS 14 22 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.44% 0.59% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.59% 3.34% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 12
10th Percentile £354 £355 £401
25th Percentile £584 £371 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £650 £507
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% +28.33% -3.52%
75th Percentile £753 £700 £547
90th Percentile £759 - £597
England median daily rate £400 £463 £486
% change year-on-year -13.51% -4.88% +8.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.62 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.12% - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £58.66 £27.50
% change year-on-year -31.81% +113.31% +29.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

MPLS 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 541 659 510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.98% 17.69% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 427 314
10th Percentile £273 £209 £215
25th Percentile £447 £388 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £540
90th Percentile £723 £713 £617
England median daily rate £475 £523 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.50% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 131 33
10th Percentile £12.50 - £41.09
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +7.57%
75th Percentile £70.66 £63.12 £68.30
90th Percentile £79.40 £77.50 £69.05
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.48
% change year-on-year +111.30% -19.39% -6.07%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the South West.

Daily rate trend for MPLS in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the South West over the 6 months to 15 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Somerset +9 8 - -
Gloucestershire - 5 £750 - 4
Wiltshire -4 1 £200 -71.43%
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) LAN
1 12 (85.71%) WAN
2 8 (57.14%) DHCP
2 8 (57.14%) DNS
2 8 (57.14%) SAN
2 8 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (21.43%) BGP
3 3 (21.43%) EIGRP
4 2 (14.29%) Firewall
4 2 (14.29%) IGRP
4 2 (14.29%) Internet
4 2 (14.29%) OSPF
4 2 (14.29%) RIP
4 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 2 (14.29%) WLAN
5 1 (7.14%) HSRP
5 1 (7.14%) IPsec
5 1 (7.14%) SSH
5 1 (7.14%) VLAN
5 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Aerospace
2 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
1 8 (57.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 8 (57.14%) IT Analyst
1 8 (57.14%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Field Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Data Centre
2 8 (57.14%) Client/Server
2 8 (57.14%) Clustering
3 2 (14.29%) CMDB
3 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Unix
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Migration
2 8 (57.14%) Application Packaging
2 8 (57.14%) Asset Management
2 8 (57.14%) Business Transformation
2 8 (57.14%) Capacity Management
2 8 (57.14%) Capacity Planning
2 8 (57.14%) Data Migration
2 8 (57.14%) Data Protection
2 8 (57.14%) Decision-Making
2 8 (57.14%) Network Management
2 8 (57.14%) Server Management
3 2 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Network Design
4 1 (7.14%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) CCNA
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) CCNP
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 8 (57.14%) Virtual Servers
1 8 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (57.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (57.14%) Nagios
1 8 (57.14%) NetBackup
1 8 (57.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Hitachi
1 8 (57.14%) NetApp
1 8 (57.14%) VMware
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) Siemens
4 1 (7.14%) Juniper