VPLS Contracts in Berkshire

Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for VPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPLS over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 111 131
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 -33
Contract jobs citing VPLS 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.15% 0.055% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.60% 0.29% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £338
25th Percentile - - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.54%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - £495
South East median daily rate £400 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% +11.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

VPLS 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 Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 503 346 440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 25.19% 19.02% 18.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 185 232
10th Percentile £205 £314 £206
25th Percentile £314 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £464
Median % change year-on-year - +2.30% +19.91%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £560
90th Percentile £620 £683 £638
South East median daily rate £484 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -0.72% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.65 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £25.13 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.26 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +10.29% +141.86% -33.85%

VPLS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing VPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for VPLS in Berkshire

VPLS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPLS in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for VPLS in Berkshire

VPLS
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPLS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Reading -12 3 £400 -
VPLS
South East

VPLS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) GLBP
1 3 (100.00%) HSRP
1 3 (100.00%) IPsec
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) SNMP
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
1 3 (100.00%) VRRP
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper