The first table below looks at the demand for MPLS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 46 46 45
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing MPLS 2 11 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.436% 1.754% 1.105%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.899% 8.800% 6.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
Average daily rate - £481 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +92.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £41.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £42.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-44.64% +34.40%
All Communications & Networking
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
69 125 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 15.03% 19.94% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 49 36
Average daily rate £425 £375 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £263 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 15
Average hourly rate £26.50 £25.25 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.95% -12.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.70 £22.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.30 £42.50 £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
MPLS
South West

MPLS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon -2 2 - -
MPLS
South West

MPLS
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) IPv6
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCDP
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design

MPLS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) IPv6
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCDP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
Swindon, Wiltshire
Essential skills: *CCNP/CCDP or JNCIS qualification *Full UK driving license *Experience in IP networking routing, including: OSPF, ISIS and BGP *Experience in WAN/ATM technologies *Experience configuring...
Roc Search
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
A good understanding of WAN technologies including Ethernet. * Previous experience in IP networking and routing including OSPF, ISIS and BGP. * Previous experience of VPNs using MPLS and IPSec. *...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013