MPLS Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 295 373 426
Rank change year-on-year +78 +53 -59
Contract jobs citing MPLS 52 94 200
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.37% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.33% 3.25% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 56 129
10th Percentile £278 £288 £313
25th Percentile £325 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £480 £495
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% -3.03% +10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £544 £569
90th Percentile £673 £694 £675
UK median daily rate £413 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -13.16% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £13.25 - £22.80
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 £16.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -38.46% -43.17%
75th Percentile £24.00 £29.44 £28.75
90th Percentile £24.75 £47.34 £29.65
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,561 2,895 4,322
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 11.52% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,922 2,924
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +13.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MPLS trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MPLS.

MPLS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing MPLS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

MPLS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MPLS.

MPLS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.85%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.92%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.92%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.31%) Azure
2 8 (15.38%) AWS
3 3 (5.77%) GCP
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.85%) Mimecast
4 2 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.92%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 27 (51.92%) BGP
1 27 (51.92%) WAN
2 23 (44.23%) Firewall
3 20 (38.46%) OSPF
4 17 (32.69%) VPN
5 16 (30.77%) Cisco Nexus
6 11 (21.15%) SD-WAN
7 10 (19.23%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (19.23%) EIGRP
7 10 (19.23%) Ethernet
7 10 (19.23%) Internet
7 10 (19.23%) LAN
8 9 (17.31%) Network Security
8 9 (17.31%) TCP/IP
9 8 (15.38%) DNS
9 8 (15.38%) VoIP
10 7 (13.46%) IPsec
10 7 (13.46%) SNMP
11 5 (9.62%) Broadband
11 5 (9.62%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.92%) Git
General
1 16 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 8 (15.38%) Finance
2 8 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.85%) Banking
3 2 (3.85%) Financial Institution
3 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (57.69%) Network Engineer
2 9 (17.31%) Architect
2 9 (17.31%) Network Architect
3 5 (9.62%) Network Operations Engineer
3 5 (9.62%) Operations Engineer
3 5 (9.62%) Senior
4 3 (5.77%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (5.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (5.77%) Consultant
4 3 (5.77%) Coordinator
4 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (5.77%) Network Consultant
4 3 (5.77%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (5.77%) Senior Architect
4 3 (5.77%) Senior Network Architect
4 3 (5.77%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Design Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Network Design Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) Web Services
2 2 (3.85%) LDAP
3 1 (1.92%) .NET
3 1 (1.92%) IBM Integration Bus
3 1 (1.92%) JSON
3 1 (1.92%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.92%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (1.92%) XML
3 1 (1.92%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.77%) Clustering
2 3 (5.77%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (5.77%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.85%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (3.85%) IoT
3 2 (3.85%) IPTV
4 1 (1.92%) BYOD
4 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.92%) IVR
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.77%) Windows
2 1 (1.92%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Unix
2 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.15%) Network Architecture
2 9 (17.31%) High Availability
2 9 (17.31%) Migration
2 9 (17.31%) Network Design
3 8 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 6 (11.54%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (11.54%) Order Management
5 5 (9.62%) Agile
5 5 (9.62%) Change Control
5 5 (9.62%) Change Management
5 5 (9.62%) Load Balancing
5 5 (9.62%) Performance Management
6 4 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (7.69%) Customer Service
6 4 (7.69%) Process Management
7 3 (5.77%) Analytics
7 3 (5.77%) Architectural Design
7 3 (5.77%) Data Analytics
7 3 (5.77%) DevOps
7 3 (5.77%) Service Delivery Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) Python
2 1 (1.92%) C++
2 1 (1.92%) Java
2 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (55.77%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (48.08%) CCNP
3 12 (23.08%) CCIE
4 10 (19.23%) CCNA
4 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
4 10 (19.23%) Security Cleared
5 8 (15.38%) BC Cleared
5 8 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (11.54%) CCDP
7 5 (9.62%) JNCIA
7 5 (9.62%) JNCIS
8 3 (5.77%) CCIE Data Center
8 3 (5.77%) CCIP
9 2 (3.85%) JNCIP
10 1 (1.92%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.92%) Degree
10 1 (1.92%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.92%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) QA
2 5 (9.62%) SLA
3 1 (1.92%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (5.77%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.92%) Firmware
2 1 (1.92%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) Kibana
2 2 (3.85%) Ansible
2 2 (3.85%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (75.00%) Cisco
2 13 (25.00%) Juniper
3 8 (15.38%) F5
3 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 6 (11.54%) Nokia
4 6 (11.54%) Palo Alto
5 5 (9.62%) Fortinet
5 5 (9.62%) VMware
6 4 (7.69%) Arista
6 4 (7.69%) Aruba
6 4 (7.69%) Infoblox
6 4 (7.69%) Zscaler
7 3 (5.77%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 3 (5.77%) BT
7 3 (5.77%) Citrix
7 3 (5.77%) Meraki
7 3 (5.77%) Openreach
7 3 (5.77%) Splunk
8 2 (3.85%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.85%) Genesys