The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPLS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Warwickshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Rank 31 - 26
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MPLS 1 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 0.452% - 1.770%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.500% - 8.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
- -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £26.50 - £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
40 22 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 18.10% 9.735% 22.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 21
Average daily rate £225 £250 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -21.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £175 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £325 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 18
Average hourly rate £26.50 £16.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.60% -31.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
MPLS
West Midlands

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Rugby - - - -
Studley - - - -
Warwick - - - -
MPLS
West Midlands

MPLS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) PSTN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) PSTN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) EMC