MPLS Contracts in England

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 471 464
Rank change year-on-year +214 -7 -22
Contract jobs citing MPLS 327 193 338
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.54% 3.13% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 110 213
10th Percentile £263 £318 £314
25th Percentile £325 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £550
90th Percentile £649 £689 £588
UK median daily rate £400 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 5
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.10 -
25th Percentile £23.72 £29.19 £25.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £62.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.52% +125.45% +29.41%
75th Percentile £40.00 £64.92 £28.75
90th Percentile £62.00 £70.00 £29.65
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -39.52% +138.46% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS in England.

Daily rate trend for MPLS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MPLS in England.

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MPLS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MPLS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +149 119 £525 -4.55% 25
Midlands +94 114 £350 -6.67% 16
West Midlands +91 114 £350 -6.67% 12
South East +50 68 £375 -16.67% 17
South West +16 14 £688 +5.77% 6
North of England +17 7 £345 -4.89% 13
North West +4 5 £470 +25.27% 4
North East - 2 £345 - 1
East of England +13 1 - - 2
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 19 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.98%) Apache
2 13 (3.98%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.83%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 44 (13.46%) Azure
2 26 (7.95%) AWS
3 15 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.67%) GCP
5 10 (3.06%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.06%) IaaS
6 6 (1.83%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.53%) OCI
8 4 (1.22%) Cloudflare
8 4 (1.22%) SaaS
9 1 (0.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 232 (70.95%) BGP
2 191 (58.41%) WAN
3 129 (39.45%) IPsec
4 119 (36.39%) VPN
5 97 (29.66%) Firewall
6 63 (19.27%) LAN
7 60 (18.35%) OSPF
8 55 (16.82%) Junos
9 49 (14.98%) DNS
10 40 (12.23%) SD-WAN
11 36 (11.01%) Ethernet VPN
12 35 (10.70%) Cisco Nexus
13 34 (10.40%) SNMP
14 33 (10.09%) SSL
15 32 (9.79%) HSRP
15 32 (9.79%) Internet
16 31 (9.48%) Cisco ASA
17 29 (8.87%) Cisco Firepower
17 29 (8.87%) Cisco IOS
17 29 (8.87%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.67%) MongoDB
1 12 (3.67%) NoSQL
1 12 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (5.81%) Git
2 16 (4.89%) JIRA
3 13 (3.98%) GitLab
3 13 (3.98%) Robot Framework
3 13 (3.98%) TestRail
4 6 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (17.43%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.13%) Finance
3 32 (9.79%) Telecoms
4 24 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.06%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.14%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.53%) Aviation
8 5 (1.53%) Banking
9 4 (1.22%) French Language
9 4 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.61%) Advertising
11 1 (0.31%) Billing
11 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.31%) Legal
11 1 (0.31%) Local Government
11 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 147 (44.95%) Network Engineer
2 55 (16.82%) Architect
3 46 (14.07%) Network Architect
4 45 (13.76%) WAN Engineer
5 38 (11.62%) Network Support
6 30 (9.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 24 (7.34%) 3rd Line Support
7 24 (7.34%) Senior
8 19 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support
9 18 (5.50%) Design Engineer
9 18 (5.50%) Network Design Engineer
9 18 (5.50%) Support Engineer
10 17 (5.20%) IP Expert
11 14 (4.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 13 (3.98%) Cisco Engineer
12 13 (3.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 12 (3.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
13 12 (3.67%) Senior Network Engineer
14 11 (3.36%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
14 11 (3.36%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (14.37%) NETCONF
2 46 (14.07%) YANG
3 34 (10.40%) JSON
3 34 (10.40%) XML
4 19 (5.81%) Jinja
5 13 (3.98%) REST
5 13 (3.98%) RESTCONF
5 13 (3.98%) SOAP
6 9 (2.75%) Web Services
7 5 (1.53%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.92%) SAML
9 2 (0.61%) LDAP
9 2 (0.61%) RESTful
10 1 (0.31%) .NET
10 1 (0.31%) IBM Integration Bus
10 1 (0.31%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 76 (23.24%) PKI
2 54 (16.51%) Data Centre
3 24 (7.34%) Distributed Architecture
4 11 (3.36%) Clustering
4 11 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.45%) Client/Server
6 6 (1.83%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.61%) CMDB
9 2 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.61%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.61%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.31%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.31%) IoT
10 1 (0.31%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.56%) Windows
2 15 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.98%) Unix
4 8 (2.45%) Linux
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (21.10%) Network Design
2 64 (19.57%) Load Balancing
3 35 (10.70%) Network Management
4 33 (10.09%) DevOps
4 33 (10.09%) Migration
5 29 (8.87%) Customer Requirements
6 28 (8.56%) Technical Leadership
7 26 (7.95%) Network Architecture
8 21 (6.42%) Project Delivery
9 20 (6.12%) Agile
10 19 (5.81%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (5.81%) Roadmaps
11 17 (5.20%) Integration Testing
11 17 (5.20%) Test Planning
11 17 (5.20%) Workflow
12 16 (4.89%) Scrum
13 15 (4.59%) Incident Management
13 15 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 15 (4.59%) ITIL
13 15 (4.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.15%) Python
2 16 (4.89%) SQL
3 8 (2.45%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.53%) Perl
5 1 (0.31%) C
5 1 (0.31%) C++
5 1 (0.31%) Java
Qualifications
1 129 (39.45%) Security Cleared
2 81 (24.77%) Cisco Certification
3 59 (18.04%) SC Cleared
4 58 (17.74%) CCNP
5 31 (9.48%) CCIE
6 27 (8.26%) CCNA
7 20 (6.12%) Degree
8 12 (3.67%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.36%) JNCIS
10 9 (2.75%) CCIE Data Center
10 9 (2.75%) CCIE Service Provider
11 8 (2.45%) BC Cleared
11 8 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (2.45%) JNCIA
12 6 (1.83%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.83%) CCDP
13 5 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.53%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.22%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.98%) SLA
2 9 (2.75%) QA
3 2 (0.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.67%) Docker
4 9 (2.75%) Firmware
5 8 (2.45%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (2.45%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (1.83%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.53%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (7.34%) Endace
2 16 (4.89%) Ansible
3 13 (3.98%) SCCM
4 10 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (2.45%) Nagios
5 8 (2.45%) NetBackup
5 8 (2.45%) Terraform
6 7 (2.14%) SolarWinds Orion
7 6 (1.83%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.92%) Kibana
8 3 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.61%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 149 (45.57%) Cisco
1 149 (45.57%) Juniper
2 65 (19.88%) F5
3 42 (12.84%) Nokia
4 35 (10.70%) Palo Alto
5 29 (8.87%) Microsoft
6 28 (8.56%) Fortinet
6 28 (8.56%) VMware
7 22 (6.73%) CheckPoint
8 20 (6.12%) Infoblox
9 15 (4.59%) Zscaler
10 11 (3.36%) SolarWinds
11 10 (3.06%) Citrix
12 8 (2.45%) Arista
12 8 (2.45%) Hitachi
12 8 (2.45%) Meraki
12 8 (2.45%) NetApp
13 7 (2.14%) Aruba
13 7 (2.14%) Google
13 7 (2.14%) Okta