MPLS Contracts in London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 429 428
Rank change year-on-year +154 -1 -81
Contract jobs citing MPLS 119 72 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.67% 0.27% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.95% 2.68% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 45 121
10th Percentile £353 £392 £400
25th Percentile £413 £468 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £503
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +9.45% +11.67%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £563
90th Percentile £633 £676 £638
England median daily rate £400 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -15.79% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £23.81 - £25.73
25th Percentile £24.22 - £26.06
Median hourly rate £25.00 £70.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.29% +154.55% -59.26%
75th Percentile £31.88 - £29.13
90th Percentile £51.25 - £29.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £62.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -39.52% +125.45% +29.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,712 2,682 3,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.66% 9.92% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,890 2,561
10th Percentile £213 £256 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% +1.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £743 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 53 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.22 £21.00
25th Percentile £18.64 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £46.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +31.43% +45.83%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £48.55
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for MPLS in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MPLS in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MPLS in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Central London +27 6 £628 +4.58% 4
East London - 2 - - 1
West London - 2 £375 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.68%) Apache
2 2 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.84%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.84%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (4.20%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.84%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 33 (27.73%) Azure
2 19 (15.97%) AWS
3 13 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.56%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.56%) GCP
4 9 (7.56%) IaaS
5 5 (4.20%) OCI
6 4 (3.36%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.52%) SaaS
8 1 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 84 (70.59%) BGP
2 71 (59.66%) Firewall
3 42 (35.29%) OSPF
4 34 (28.57%) WAN
5 33 (27.73%) VPN
6 29 (24.37%) SNMP
7 28 (23.53%) HSRP
8 27 (22.69%) DNS
8 27 (22.69%) LAN
9 26 (21.85%) IPv4
9 26 (21.85%) RSVP
10 25 (21.01%) Ethernet VPN
11 23 (19.33%) IPsec
12 22 (18.49%) Cisco IOS
12 22 (18.49%) Network Security
13 21 (17.65%) Cisco Nexus
13 21 (17.65%) VPLS
13 21 (17.65%) VRRP
14 19 (15.97%) SD-WAN
15 17 (14.29%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.84%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.84%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (15.13%) Git
2 6 (5.04%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (3.36%) JIRA
4 2 (1.68%) GitLab
4 2 (1.68%) Robot Framework
4 2 (1.68%) TestRail
General
1 36 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.85%) Finance
3 10 (8.40%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.88%) Financial Institution
5 5 (4.20%) Banking
5 5 (4.20%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.36%) French Language
6 4 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.68%) Aviation
7 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.84%) Billing
8 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (51.26%) Network Engineer
2 17 (14.29%) IP Expert
3 15 (12.61%) Design Engineer
3 15 (12.61%) Network Design Engineer
4 13 (10.92%) Senior
5 9 (7.56%) Cisco Expert
5 9 (7.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.72%) Architect
7 7 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 7 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Support Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) Data Centre Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) Integration Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) Migration Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) Network Architect
9 4 (3.36%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.36%) Telephony Architect
9 4 (3.36%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (29.41%) NETCONF
2 34 (28.57%) YANG
3 33 (27.73%) JSON
3 33 (27.73%) XML
4 19 (15.97%) Jinja
5 5 (4.20%) 802.1X
6 3 (2.52%) SAML
7 2 (1.68%) LDAP
7 2 (1.68%) REST
7 2 (1.68%) RESTCONF
7 2 (1.68%) RESTful
7 2 (1.68%) SOAP
8 1 (0.84%) .NET
8 1 (0.84%) IBM Integration Bus
8 1 (0.84%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.17%) Distributed Architecture
2 21 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.52%) Clustering
3 3 (2.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (2.52%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.68%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (1.68%) PKI
5 1 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.84%) IVR
5 1 (0.84%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.45%) Windows
2 13 (10.92%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.04%) Linux
4 3 (2.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.89%) DevOps
2 18 (15.13%) Network Design
3 17 (14.29%) Migration
3 17 (14.29%) Test Planning
4 15 (12.61%) Project Delivery
4 15 (12.61%) Roadmaps
5 14 (11.76%) Load Balancing
5 14 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 12 (10.08%) Business Strategy
6 12 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (8.40%) Kalman Filter
7 10 (8.40%) Time Management
8 9 (7.56%) Configuration Management
8 9 (7.56%) Data Loss Prevention
9 8 (6.72%) Business Case
10 7 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
10 7 (5.88%) Problem Management
10 7 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
11 6 (5.04%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.53%) Python
2 5 (4.20%) Perl
2 5 (4.20%) SQL
3 1 (0.84%) C++
3 1 (0.84%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (36.97%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (29.41%) CCNP
3 14 (11.76%) CCIE
4 12 (10.08%) CCNA
5 9 (7.56%) CCIE Service Provider
6 6 (5.04%) AWS Certification
6 6 (5.04%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.04%) Security Cleared
7 5 (4.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.20%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.20%) CCDP
7 5 (4.20%) Degree
8 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.36%) JNCIP
9 2 (1.68%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.68%) CCIP
9 2 (1.68%) JNCIE
9 2 (1.68%) PMP
10 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.04%) SLA
2 3 (2.52%) QA
3 2 (1.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (12.61%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.56%) Firmware
3 5 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.20%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.84%) Docker
4 1 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (10.08%) Ansible
2 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (6.72%) Terraform
4 6 (5.04%) FortiGate
5 5 (4.20%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (3.36%) SCCM
7 3 (2.52%) Kibana
7 3 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.68%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.84%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 71 (59.66%) Cisco
2 40 (33.61%) Nokia
3 33 (27.73%) F5
4 28 (23.53%) Palo Alto
5 22 (18.49%) Fortinet
6 21 (17.65%) Microsoft
7 15 (12.61%) Infoblox
8 12 (10.08%) CheckPoint
8 12 (10.08%) Juniper
9 11 (9.24%) VMware
10 8 (6.72%) Arista
11 7 (5.88%) Google
11 7 (5.88%) Meraki
11 7 (5.88%) Okta
12 6 (5.04%) Aruba
13 5 (4.20%) Huawei
13 5 (4.20%) SolarWinds
13 5 (4.20%) Zscaler
14 4 (3.36%) Citrix
15 3 (2.52%) Dell