The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 14 August 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
4,618
11,712
13,755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
13.54%
12.91%
13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,627
7,140
8,429
Median daily rate
£425
£425
£425
10th Percentile
£200
£200
£203
90th Percentile
£625
£603
£600
UK excluding London median daily rate
£405
£400
£398
% change year-on-year
+1.25%
+0.63%
+6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
279
600
770
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£23.75
£20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.37%
+18.75%
+4.58%
10th Percentile
£14.81
£12.50
£12.23
90th Percentile
£53.75
£52.50
£47.53
Median hourly rate
£33.25
£22.50
£19.00
% change year-on-year
+47.78%
+18.42%
+2.21%
MPLS Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
MPLS Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS.
MPLS Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS over the 6 months to 14 August 2020.
MPLS Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MPLS.
MPLS Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MPLS over the 6 months to 14 August 2020.
MPLS Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the UK over the 6 months to 14 August 2020. 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
For the 6 months to 14 August 2020, IT contractor jobs citing MPLS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for MPLS.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
