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The table below looks at the demand for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) skills within the Stevenage region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£398£367
% change on same period last year+8.51 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.68£35.21
% change on same period last year+29.75 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads1116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.017 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£345£260
Average daily rate£378£286
% change on same period last year+31.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted69
Average minimum hourly rate£34.56£31.21
Average hourly rate£36.22£32.58
% change on same period last year+11.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.89£33.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
MPLS HertfordshireMPLS
Hertfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MPLS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MPLS across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Stevenage MPLS Demand Trend

MPLS
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)CCIE
11 (100.00 %)CCNP
11 (100.00 %)CCIP
11 (100.00 %)CCDP
11 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (100.00 %)OSPF
11 (100.00 %)BGP
11 (100.00 %)EIGRP
11 (100.00 %)Network Design

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)OSPF
11 (100.00 %)BGP
11 (100.00 %)EIGRP
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Design Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Network Design Engineer
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Network Design
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)CCIE
11 (100.00 %)CCNP
11 (100.00 %)CCIP
11 (100.00 %)CCDP
11 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification