MPLS Contracts in the Midlands

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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 140 156
Rank change year-on-year +100 +16 -19
Contract jobs citing MPLS 110 24 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.03% 0.71% 0.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.01% 4.71% 6.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 9 21
10th Percentile £263 - £190
25th Percentile £313 £263 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £400 £388 £450
90th Percentile £588 £445 £588
England median daily rate £410 £480 £495
% change year-on-year -14.58% -3.03% +10.00%
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 £25.00 £62.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -59.68% +131.78% +25.88%

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 478 510 566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.53% 15.10% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 336 389
10th Percentile £200 £250 £164
25th Percentile £303 £318 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.16% +12.56% -
75th Percentile £575 £595 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -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 8 May 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 8 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
West Midlands +89 107 £375 +15.38% 10
East Midlands - 3 £575 - 5
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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 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 94 (85.45%) WAN
2 85 (77.27%) IPsec
3 78 (70.91%) BGP
4 58 (52.73%) VPN
5 50 (45.45%) Junos
6 19 (17.27%) LAN
7 12 (10.91%) SD-WAN
8 10 (9.09%) Internet
8 10 (9.09%) VoIP
8 10 (9.09%) WLAN
9 9 (8.18%) PBX
10 8 (7.27%) Firewall
11 6 (5.45%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (5.45%) DNS
12 5 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (4.55%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (4.55%) DHCP
13 4 (3.64%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (3.64%) Ethernet
General
1 13 (11.82%) Telecoms
2 10 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 7 (6.36%) Finance
4 4 (3.64%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (35.45%) Network Engineer
2 33 (30.00%) Network Support
2 33 (30.00%) WAN Engineer
3 25 (22.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 25 (22.73%) 3rd Line Support
4 18 (16.36%) Architect
5 14 (12.73%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (10.91%) Support Engineer
7 11 (10.00%) Network Architect
8 8 (7.27%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 7 (6.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 7 (6.36%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (5.45%) Network Support Engineer
11 5 (4.55%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
11 5 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 5 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
12 4 (3.64%) Lead
13 3 (2.73%) Administrator
13 3 (2.73%) Coordinator
13 3 (2.73%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (54.55%) PKI
2 14 (12.73%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.91%) CMDB
4 1 (0.91%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (40.91%) Load Balancing
2 27 (24.55%) Network Design
3 10 (9.09%) Network Architecture
4 9 (8.18%) Analytics
4 9 (8.18%) Architectural Design
4 9 (8.18%) Data Analytics
4 9 (8.18%) Incident Management
4 9 (8.18%) Performance Management
4 9 (8.18%) Programme Management
4 9 (8.18%) SOA
4 9 (8.18%) Storage Management
5 8 (7.27%) ITIL
6 6 (5.45%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (5.45%) Mentoring
6 6 (5.45%) Resource Management
6 6 (5.45%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (4.55%) Project Delivery
7 5 (4.55%) TOGAF
8 4 (3.64%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (3.64%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 83 (75.45%) Security Cleared
2 36 (32.73%) SC Cleared
3 15 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (9.09%) CCNP
5 9 (8.18%) CCIE
5 9 (8.18%) CCIE Data Center
6 5 (4.55%) CCNA
6 5 (4.55%) JNCIS
7 4 (3.64%) BC Cleared
7 4 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.36%) SLA
2 3 (2.73%) HIPAA
2 3 (2.73%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.73%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.64%) Hyper-V
1 4 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 86 (78.18%) Juniper
2 22 (20.00%) Cisco
3 5 (4.55%) CheckPoint
3 5 (4.55%) Infoblox
3 5 (4.55%) Palo Alto
3 5 (4.55%) Symantec
3 5 (4.55%) Zscaler
4 4 (3.64%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.64%) VMware
5 3 (2.73%) BT
5 3 (2.73%) Openreach
6 1 (0.91%) Aruba
6 1 (0.91%) Fortinet