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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 416 427
Rank change year-on-year +132 +11 -64
Contract jobs citing MPLS 106 77 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.61% 0.30% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.37% 2.97% 4.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 41 120
10th Percentile £354 £400 £400
25th Percentile £409 £470 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £563
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
England median daily rate £400 £486 £500
% change year-on-year -17.70% -2.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £23.53 - £25.63
25th Percentile £23.95 - £25.81
Median hourly rate £24.59 £70.00 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -64.87% +156.88% -59.63%
75th Percentile £25.00 - £29.31
90th Percentile - - £29.88
England median hourly rate £25.00 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -59.68% +138.46% +13.04%

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 1,664 2,589 3,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.53% 10.01% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,817 2,524
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £572 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.59% +4.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 56 82
10th Percentile £14.46 £20.11 £20.90
25th Percentile £16.40 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.75 £43.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.09% +27.41% -32.03%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £47.35
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%

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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 16 May 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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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 16 May 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 7 £690 +15.00% 9
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 (8.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.89%) Apache
2 2 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.94%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.94%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.94%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 34 (32.08%) Azure
2 19 (17.92%) AWS
3 15 (14.15%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.49%) Entra ID
4 9 (8.49%) GCP
5 8 (7.55%) IaaS
6 5 (4.72%) OCI
7 4 (3.77%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.83%) SaaS
9 1 (0.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 67 (63.21%) BGP
2 65 (61.32%) Firewall
3 36 (33.96%) WAN
4 34 (32.08%) OSPF
5 29 (27.36%) LAN
6 28 (26.42%) VPN
7 26 (24.53%) DNS
8 25 (23.58%) SNMP
9 22 (20.75%) Ethernet VPN
10 21 (19.81%) Cisco Nexus
10 21 (19.81%) HSRP
10 21 (19.81%) IPv4
11 20 (18.87%) Network Security
11 20 (18.87%) RSVP
11 20 (18.87%) SD-WAN
12 18 (16.98%) VPLS
13 17 (16.04%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (16.04%) IPsec
14 16 (15.09%) VRRP
14 16 (15.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (13.21%) Git
2 6 (5.66%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.89%) GitLab
3 2 (1.89%) JIRA
3 2 (1.89%) Robot Framework
3 2 (1.89%) TestRail
General
1 34 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.75%) Finance
3 8 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.66%) Financial Institution
4 6 (5.66%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.72%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.77%) French Language
6 4 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.83%) Banking
8 2 (1.89%) Aviation
8 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Advertising
9 1 (0.94%) Billing
9 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (46.23%) Network Engineer
2 14 (13.21%) IP Expert
3 12 (11.32%) Design Engineer
3 12 (11.32%) Network Design Engineer
4 11 (10.38%) Senior
5 10 (9.43%) Architect
6 9 (8.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Cisco Expert
8 5 (4.72%) Network Architect
8 5 (4.72%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (4.72%) Support Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Integration Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 4 (3.77%) Telephony Architect
9 4 (3.77%) Voice Architect
9 4 (3.77%) WAN Engineer
10 3 (2.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 3 (2.83%) Cloud Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (26.42%) NETCONF
2 27 (25.47%) YANG
3 26 (24.53%) JSON
3 26 (24.53%) XML
4 16 (15.09%) Jinja
5 5 (4.72%) 802.1X
6 3 (2.83%) SAML
7 2 (1.89%) LDAP
7 2 (1.89%) REST
7 2 (1.89%) RESTCONF
7 2 (1.89%) RESTful
7 2 (1.89%) SOAP
8 1 (0.94%) .NET
8 1 (0.94%) EDI
8 1 (0.94%) IBM Integration Bus
8 1 (0.94%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.87%) Distributed Architecture
2 13 (12.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.83%) Clustering
3 3 (2.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.89%) PKI
5 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.94%) IVR
5 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.15%) Windows
2 13 (12.26%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.77%) Linux
4 3 (2.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.64%) DevOps
2 16 (15.09%) Migration
3 15 (14.15%) Network Design
4 14 (13.21%) Test Planning
5 13 (12.26%) Load Balancing
5 13 (12.26%) Project Delivery
6 12 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (11.32%) Roadmaps
7 11 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (10.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 10 (9.43%) Kalman Filter
9 9 (8.49%) Business Strategy
9 9 (8.49%) Time Management
10 8 (7.55%) Data Loss Prevention
11 7 (6.60%) Configuration Management
11 7 (6.60%) Network Architecture
11 7 (6.60%) Problem Management
12 6 (5.66%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (5.66%) Integration Testing
12 6 (5.66%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.75%) Python
2 5 (4.72%) SQL
3 3 (2.83%) Perl
4 1 (0.94%) C++
4 1 (0.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 39 (36.79%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (29.25%) CCNP
3 13 (12.26%) CCNA
4 10 (9.43%) CCIE
5 7 (6.60%) CCIE Service Provider
6 6 (5.66%) AWS Certification
7 5 (4.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.72%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.72%) Degree
7 5 (4.72%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.72%) Security Cleared
8 4 (3.77%) CCDP
8 4 (3.77%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.89%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.94%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.94%) CCIP
10 1 (0.94%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.94%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.94%) MCITP
10 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) SLA
2 2 (1.89%) NCSC
2 2 (1.89%) QA
3 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.49%) Firmware
3 6 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.72%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.94%) Docker
5 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (9.43%) Ansible
2 8 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.55%) Terraform
3 5 (4.72%) FortiGate
3 5 (4.72%) SCCM
3 5 (4.72%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (2.83%) Kibana
4 3 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.89%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.94%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 60 (56.60%) Cisco
2 32 (30.19%) Nokia
3 31 (29.25%) F5
4 27 (25.47%) Palo Alto
5 22 (20.75%) Microsoft
6 17 (16.04%) Fortinet
7 15 (14.15%) Infoblox
8 13 (12.26%) Juniper
9 12 (11.32%) CheckPoint
9 12 (11.32%) VMware
10 7 (6.60%) Google
10 7 (6.60%) Meraki
10 7 (6.60%) Okta
11 6 (5.66%) Aruba
12 5 (4.72%) Citrix
12 5 (4.72%) SolarWinds
12 5 (4.72%) Zscaler
13 4 (3.77%) Huawei
14 3 (2.83%) Arista
14 3 (2.83%) Dell