The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 29 36 34
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -2
Contract jobs citing MPLS 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.621% 0.400% 0.562%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.143% 1.370% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £315
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 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-44.64% +20.00%
All Communications & Networking
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
14 73 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 8.696% 29.20% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 31 4
Average daily rate £133 £288 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-53.91% +64.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
Average hourly rate £11.75 £37.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-68.66% +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
MPLS
East of England

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk MPLS Hourly Rate Trend

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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich +6 1 - -
MPLS
East of England

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 3 (75.00%) OSPF
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 2 (50.00%) JNCIP
2 2 (50.00%) JNCIE
2 2 (50.00%) IPv4
2 2 (50.00%) IPv6
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCIP
3 1 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL
3 1 (25.00%) RIP
3 1 (25.00%) DSLAM
3 1 (25.00%) DSL
3 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (25.00%) IGRP
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) VDSL
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 3 (75.00%) OSPF
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) IPv4
2 2 (50.00%) IPv6
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL
3 1 (25.00%) RIP
3 1 (25.00%) DSLAM
3 1 (25.00%) DSL
3 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (25.00%) IGRP
3 1 (25.00%) VDSL
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL2
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL2+
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Network Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Solaris
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (25.00%) eTOM
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) JNCIP
1 2 (50.00%) JNCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCIP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ionix
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) Huawei
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) EMC