The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VPLS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPLS over the 6 months to 12 July 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.
VPLS 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
5,473
11,901
13,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
13.34%
12.66%
13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted
3,129
7,327
8,491
Median daily rate
£425
£425
£425
10th Percentile
£190
£201
£203
90th Percentile
£625
£606
£600
UK excluding London median daily rate
£410
£403
£391
% change year-on-year
+1.86%
+3.07%
+0.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
312
577
758
Median hourly rate
£32.50
£22.00
£19.51
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.73%
+12.76%
-1.96%
10th Percentile
£14.07
£12.00
£12.20
90th Percentile
£52.95
£50.00
£47.50
Median hourly rate
£22.19
£21.00
£19.39
% change year-on-year
+5.65%
+8.33%
+2.03%
VPLS Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VPLS Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPLS.
VPLS Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPLS over the 6 months to 12 July 2020.
VPLS Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPLS.
VPLS Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPLS within the UK over the 6 months to 12 July 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 12 July 2020, IT contractor jobs citing VPLS 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 VPLS.
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:
