The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 22 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 Surrey 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 77 86 92
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs citing MPLS 2 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.173% 0.668% 0.494%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.026% 4.089% 3.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 5
Average daily rate - £181 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -55.79%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £42.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-44.64% +34.40%
All Communications & Networking
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
195 269 300
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 16.85% 16.34% 16.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 117 147
Average daily rate £335 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 36 20
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +129.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.75 £14.60 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.90 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 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
Guildford - 1 - -
MPLS
South East

MPLS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) WAN
3 4 (50.00%) LAN
3 4 (50.00%) Change Management
3 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Avaya
5 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
5 1 (12.50%) Apple
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (12.50%) 3G
5 1 (12.50%) DWDM
5 1 (12.50%) OSPF
5 1 (12.50%) BGP
5 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
5 1 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
5 1 (12.50%) SDH
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Windows
5 1 (12.50%) ATM
5 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) Firewall
5 1 (12.50%) BT
5 1 (12.50%) IPsec
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) 3G
3 1 (12.50%) DWDM
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) BGP
3 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
3 1 (12.50%) SDH
3 1 (12.50%) ATM
3 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) IPsec
3 1 (12.50%) 2G
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Network Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Network Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 8
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Change Management
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Network Design
2 1 (12.50%) Financial Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) CCIP
2 1 (12.50%) CCDP
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Avaya
2 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) BT
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Nortel
2 1 (12.50%) NETGEAR
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks