MPLS Contracts in the Midlands

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 139 161
Rank change year-on-year +99 +22 -21
Contract jobs citing MPLS 114 26 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.15% 0.75% 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.31% 5.06% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 11 22
10th Percentile £263 £263 £190
25th Percentile £313 £288 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £413
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £388 £456 £450
90th Percentile £475 £500 £583
England median daily rate £400 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -15.79% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £13.75 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% - -
75th Percentile £14.00 £13.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
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
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 489 514 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.82% 14.90% 11.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 341 405
10th Percentile £200 £250 £166
25th Percentile £312 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £398
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +13.21% -0.63%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 34
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.59
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.30
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +19.66% +15.35%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.51
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.10
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for MPLS in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
West Midlands +93 114 £350 -6.67% 12
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 101 (88.60%) WAN
2 94 (82.46%) IPsec
3 84 (73.68%) BGP
4 55 (48.25%) VPN
5 50 (43.86%) Junos
6 18 (15.79%) LAN
7 12 (10.53%) SD-WAN
8 10 (8.77%) VoIP
9 9 (7.89%) Internet
9 9 (7.89%) PBX
9 9 (7.89%) WLAN
10 6 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (5.26%) DNS
11 5 (4.39%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (4.39%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (4.39%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (4.39%) DHCP
11 5 (4.39%) Firewall
12 4 (3.51%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (3.51%) Ethernet
General
1 13 (11.40%) Telecoms
2 11 (9.65%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.39%) Finance
4 4 (3.51%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.75%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.75%) Aviation
6 1 (0.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (35.09%) Network Engineer
1 40 (35.09%) WAN Engineer
2 35 (30.70%) Network Support
3 23 (20.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 23 (20.18%) 3rd Line Support
4 18 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
5 15 (13.16%) Architect
6 13 (11.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 11 (9.65%) Support Engineer
8 10 (8.77%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
8 10 (8.77%) Network Architect
9 6 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 5 (4.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (4.39%) Enterprise Architect
10 5 (4.39%) Network Support Engineer
11 4 (3.51%) Lead
12 3 (2.63%) Administrator
12 3 (2.63%) Coordinator
12 3 (2.63%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (60.53%) PKI
2 13 (11.40%) Data Centre
3 10 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (39.47%) Load Balancing
2 22 (19.30%) Network Design
3 12 (10.53%) Incident Management
4 10 (8.77%) ITIL
4 10 (8.77%) Network Architecture
5 9 (7.89%) Analytics
5 9 (7.89%) Architectural Design
5 9 (7.89%) Data Analytics
5 9 (7.89%) Performance Management
5 9 (7.89%) Programme Management
5 9 (7.89%) SOA
5 9 (7.89%) Storage Management
6 6 (5.26%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (5.26%) Mentoring
6 6 (5.26%) Resource Management
6 6 (5.26%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (4.39%) Change Management
7 5 (4.39%) Project Delivery
7 5 (4.39%) TOGAF
8 4 (3.51%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 88 (77.19%) Security Cleared
2 39 (34.21%) SC Cleared
3 17 (14.91%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (10.53%) CCNP
5 9 (7.89%) CCIE
5 9 (7.89%) CCIE Data Center
6 7 (6.14%) CCNA
7 5 (4.39%) JNCIS
8 4 (3.51%) BC Cleared
8 4 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.75%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.14%) SLA
2 3 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.51%) Hyper-V
1 4 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 95 (83.33%) Juniper
2 22 (19.30%) Cisco
3 5 (4.39%) CheckPoint
3 5 (4.39%) Infoblox
3 5 (4.39%) Palo Alto
3 5 (4.39%) Symantec
3 5 (4.39%) Zscaler
4 4 (3.51%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.51%) VMware
5 3 (2.63%) BT
5 3 (2.63%) Openreach
6 1 (0.88%) Aruba
6 1 (0.88%) Fortinet