MPLS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 336 370
Rank change year-on-year +142 +34 -38
Contract jobs citing MPLS 206 121 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.00% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.17% 3.46% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 66 74
10th Percentile £263 £275 £277
25th Percentile £325 £331 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £457 £486 £537
90th Percentile £675 £675 £588
UK median daily rate £413 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -13.16% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 3
10th Percentile £13.48 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £15.13 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +181.82% +12.82%
75th Percentile - £63.23 £24.75
90th Percentile - £65.78 £25.80
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -59.68% +138.46% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,339 3,500 4,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.27% 14.89% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,213 2,635
10th Percentile £200 £213 £185
25th Percentile £343 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £544
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 323 238
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MPLS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MPLS in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Midlands +100 110 £375 +15.38% 15
West Midlands +89 107 £375 +15.38% 10
South East +39 70 £375 -11.76% 14
South West +12 13 £650 - 5
North of England +10 8 £385 +2.67% 12
North West +9 5 £602 +60.53% 4
Scotland +45 4 £475 -5.00% 1
East Midlands - 3 £575 - 5
North East - 3 £345 - 1
Wales +19 1 - - 3
East of England -2 1 - - 5
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MPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (5.34%) Apache
1 11 (5.34%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (4.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.85%) Azure
2 7 (3.40%) AWS
3 4 (1.94%) GCP
4 2 (0.97%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.49%) IaaS
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.49%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 150 (72.82%) WAN
2 144 (69.90%) BGP
3 96 (46.60%) IPsec
4 89 (43.20%) VPN
5 54 (26.21%) Junos
6 36 (17.48%) LAN
7 31 (15.05%) Cisco Firepower
7 31 (15.05%) Firewall
8 30 (14.56%) SSL
9 21 (10.19%) Internet
10 20 (9.71%) SD-WAN
11 19 (9.22%) DNS
12 18 (8.74%) OSPF
13 16 (7.77%) DHCP
14 14 (6.80%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (5.83%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (5.83%) Ethernet VPN
15 12 (5.83%) Radio Access Network
15 12 (5.83%) WLAN
16 11 (5.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.34%) MongoDB
1 11 (5.34%) NoSQL
1 11 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (7.28%) JIRA
2 11 (5.34%) GitLab
2 11 (5.34%) Robot Framework
2 11 (5.34%) TestRail
3 1 (0.49%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Hudson
General
1 34 (16.50%) Finance
2 24 (11.65%) Telecoms
3 17 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.77%) Social Skills
5 14 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.88%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.97%) Advertising
7 2 (0.97%) Legal
7 2 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.49%) Aviation
8 1 (0.49%) Local Government
8 1 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 81 (39.32%) Network Engineer
2 53 (25.73%) Architect
3 46 (22.33%) Network Architect
4 34 (16.50%) Network Support
4 34 (16.50%) WAN Engineer
5 30 (14.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 25 (12.14%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (7.28%) 2nd Line Support
8 14 (6.80%) Test Engineer
9 13 (6.31%) Senior
9 13 (6.31%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.83%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 8 (3.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (3.88%) Analyst
11 8 (3.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 8 (3.88%) IT Analyst
11 8 (3.88%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
12 7 (3.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 7 (3.40%) Network Support Engineer
13 6 (2.91%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.83%) NETCONF
1 12 (5.83%) YANG
2 11 (5.34%) REST
2 11 (5.34%) RESTCONF
2 11 (5.34%) SOAP
3 9 (4.37%) Web Services
4 1 (0.49%) JSON
4 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (31.07%) PKI
2 32 (15.53%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.88%) Client/Server
3 8 (3.88%) Clustering
4 7 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.94%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.46%) CMDB
7 3 (1.46%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) IoT
9 1 (0.49%) BYOD
9 1 (0.49%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.49%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.49%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.34%) Windows
2 9 (4.37%) Unix
3 2 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (26.70%) Network Design
2 49 (23.79%) Load Balancing
3 35 (16.99%) Network Management
4 31 (15.05%) Customer Requirements
5 26 (12.62%) Technical Leadership
6 20 (9.71%) Migration
7 19 (9.22%) Network Architecture
8 15 (7.28%) Agile
9 14 (6.80%) Data Protection
9 14 (6.80%) Workflow
10 13 (6.31%) Containerisation
11 12 (5.83%) Capacity Planning
12 11 (5.34%) CI/CD
12 11 (5.34%) Integration Testing
12 11 (5.34%) Performance Testing
12 11 (5.34%) Regression Testing
12 11 (5.34%) Scrum
12 11 (5.34%) Security Testing
12 11 (5.34%) Test Automation
12 11 (5.34%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.31%) Python
2 11 (5.34%) SQL
3 8 (3.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.49%) C
Qualifications
1 118 (57.28%) Security Cleared
2 51 (24.76%) SC Cleared
3 35 (16.99%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (11.17%) CCNP
5 17 (8.25%) CCNA
6 16 (7.77%) CCIE
7 15 (7.28%) Degree
8 11 (5.34%) JNCIS
9 9 (4.37%) CCIE Data Center
10 6 (2.91%) BC Cleared
10 6 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.91%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.91%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.94%) VCAP
12 1 (0.49%) CCDP
12 1 (0.49%) CCIP
12 1 (0.49%) MCSA
12 1 (0.49%) MCSE
12 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.40%) SLA
2 6 (2.91%) QA
3 3 (1.46%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.34%) Docker
3 8 (3.88%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (3.88%) VMware Workstation
4 5 (2.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.49%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (12.62%) Endace
2 9 (4.37%) SCCM
3 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (3.88%) Nagios
3 8 (3.88%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.97%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.49%) Ansible
5 1 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.49%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 133 (64.56%) Juniper
2 76 (36.89%) Cisco
3 31 (15.05%) F5
4 16 (7.77%) VMware
5 8 (3.88%) CheckPoint
5 8 (3.88%) Hitachi
5 8 (3.88%) NetApp
6 7 (3.40%) Fortinet
6 7 (3.40%) Microsoft
6 7 (3.40%) Palo Alto
6 7 (3.40%) Zscaler
7 5 (2.43%) Infoblox
7 5 (2.43%) SolarWinds
7 5 (2.43%) Symantec
8 4 (1.94%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (1.46%) BT
9 3 (1.46%) Citrix
9 3 (1.46%) Openreach
10 2 (0.97%) ADVA
10 2 (0.97%) Forcepoint