MPLS Contracts in the Thames Valley

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 103 119 129
Rank change year-on-year +16 +10 -18
Contract jobs citing MPLS 40 29 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.50% 0.99% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.64% 6.08% 5.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 12
10th Percentile £208 £413 £364
25th Percentile £253 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £400 - £525
90th Percentile £470 £570 £536
South East median daily rate £375 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.49% -6.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £19.65 £19.93 -
25th Percentile £21.38 £22.06 £25.50
Median hourly rate £24.50 £26.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +0.96% +22.35%
75th Percentile £47.38 £30.56 £26.50
90th Percentile £60.95 £32.78 -
South East median hourly rate £43.75 £26.25 £26.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% +0.96% +22.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 602 477 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.53% 16.24% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 293 344
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £464
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +4.99% +16.08%
75th Percentile £600 £570 £552
90th Percentile £650 £648 £645
South East median daily rate £488 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.78 £25.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -47.29%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.22 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for MPLS in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate histogram for MPLS in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +11 39 £345 -31.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +24 2 - - 2
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (27.50%) Apache
1 11 (27.50%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.50%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 29 (72.50%) BGP
2 19 (47.50%) VPN
3 12 (30.00%) Radio Access Network
4 11 (27.50%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (27.50%) Firewall
4 11 (27.50%) WAN
5 8 (20.00%) Internet
6 7 (17.50%) IPsec
7 6 (15.00%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (15.00%) EIGRP
8 5 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (12.50%) OSPF
8 5 (12.50%) SSL
9 4 (10.00%) HSRP
9 4 (10.00%) SNMP
10 3 (7.50%) GLBP
10 3 (7.50%) Junos
10 3 (7.50%) SD-WAN
10 3 (7.50%) VPLS
10 3 (7.50%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (27.50%) MongoDB
1 11 (27.50%) NoSQL
1 11 (27.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (30.00%) JIRA
2 11 (27.50%) GitLab
2 11 (27.50%) Robot Framework
2 11 (27.50%) TestRail
3 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 8 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Advertising
3 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Aviation
3 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (70.00%) Network Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Test Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Architect
3 8 (20.00%) Network Architect
4 5 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Network Operations Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) IP Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Network Design Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Network Support
6 1 (2.50%) Senior IP Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (30.00%) NETCONF
1 12 (30.00%) YANG
2 11 (27.50%) REST
2 11 (27.50%) RESTCONF
2 11 (27.50%) SOAP
3 1 (2.50%) JSON
3 1 (2.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 5 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (7.50%) PKI
3 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) IoT
4 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Agile
1 11 (27.50%) CI/CD
1 11 (27.50%) Containerisation
1 11 (27.50%) Integration Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Performance Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Regression Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Scrum
1 11 (27.50%) Security Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Test Automation
1 11 (27.50%) Unit Testing
1 11 (27.50%) Workflow
2 6 (15.00%) Network Architecture
3 5 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 4 (10.00%) Migration
4 4 (10.00%) Network Design
5 3 (7.50%) High Availability
5 3 (7.50%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (5.00%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (5.00%) Service Design
6 2 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.00%) Python
2 11 (27.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.00%) CCNP
4 5 (12.50%) CCNA
5 3 (7.50%) JNCIA
5 3 (7.50%) JNCIS
6 2 (5.00%) BC Cleared
6 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.00%) CCIE
6 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.50%) CCDP
7 1 (2.50%) CCIP
7 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) QA
System Software
1 11 (27.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Endace
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (47.50%) Cisco
2 14 (35.00%) Juniper
3 4 (10.00%) F5
4 2 (5.00%) ADVA
4 2 (5.00%) Nokia
5 1 (2.50%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.50%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.50%) Meraki
5 1 (2.50%) Nokia Networks
5 1 (2.50%) Tellabs
5 1 (2.50%) Zscaler