MPLS Contracts in Birmingham

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West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 63 79
Rank change year-on-year +37 +16 -15
Contract jobs citing MPLS 34 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.65% 1.71% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.56% 10.34% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 4 8
10th Percentile - £324 £329
25th Percentile £263 £341 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £388 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.74% -8.76% -
75th Percentile £375 £447 £450
90th Percentile £400 £464 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £325 £425
% change year-on-year +15.38% -23.53% -
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 - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.75 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year +5.77% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 133 145 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 18.19% 16.51% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 69 111
10th Percentile £200 £313 £168
25th Percentile £289 £378 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £500
90th Percentile £600 £731 £603
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £498 £400
% change year-on-year -19.60% +24.38% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 3
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.57
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £21.23 £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.50% -25.00% +48.48%
75th Percentile £28.75 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £72.90 £20.21 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £19.60 £17.00
% change year-on-year +1.77% +15.31% +13.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for MPLS in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in Birmingham over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 28 (82.35%) IPsec
2 24 (70.59%) WAN
3 18 (52.94%) BGP
4 5 (14.71%) Junos
4 5 (14.71%) VPN
5 4 (11.76%) Ethernet
5 4 (11.76%) Internet
6 3 (8.82%) ADSL
6 3 (8.82%) PSTN
7 2 (5.88%) LAN
8 1 (2.94%) DNS
8 1 (2.94%) DWDM
8 1 (2.94%) SDH
8 1 (2.94%) SONET
General
1 4 (11.76%) Social Skills
1 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Network Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) WAN Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Network Support
4 4 (11.76%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Coordinator
5 3 (8.82%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (5.88%) Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) PKI
2 6 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.71%) Load Balancing
2 4 (11.76%) Incident Management
2 4 (11.76%) Order Management
2 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
3 3 (8.82%) Agile
3 3 (8.82%) Change Control
3 3 (8.82%) Change Management
3 3 (8.82%) CRM
3 3 (8.82%) Customer Service
3 3 (8.82%) Data Entry
3 3 (8.82%) ITIL
3 3 (8.82%) Service Delivery Management
3 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (8.82%) Supplier Relationship Management
3 3 (8.82%) Workflow
4 1 (2.94%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (2.94%) Network Architecture
4 1 (2.94%) Network Management
4 1 (2.94%) Network Planning
Qualifications
1 29 (85.29%) Security Cleared
2 25 (73.53%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) BC Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.88%) CCNA
4 2 (5.88%) CCNP
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.88%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) SLA
2 3 (8.82%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (82.35%) Juniper
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.82%) BT
3 3 (8.82%) Cisco
3 3 (8.82%) Openreach