MPLS Contracts in the West Midlands

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England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 107 146
Rank change year-on-year +80 +39 -22
Contract jobs citing MPLS 105 25 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.49% 1.08% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.30% 6.98% 6.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 9 13
10th Percentile £263 - -
25th Percentile £313 £263 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -23.53% -
75th Percentile £388 £388 £450
90th Percentile £503 £445 £598
England median daily rate £410 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -15.46% -3.00% +11.11%
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% +16.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 371 358 381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.40% 15.52% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 219 260
10th Percentile £200 £263 £164
25th Percentile £302 £359 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £518
90th Percentile £708 £700 £626
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 16
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.82
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.75 £13.22
Median hourly rate £19.95 £18.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +8.82% +13.33%
75th Percentile £23.75 £21.80 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £24.45 £20.51
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 West Midlands

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for MPLS in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Solihull +8 53 £375 - 6
Birmingham +34 36 £350 -9.74% 2
Warwickshire +15 11 £750 - 2
Worcestershire - 2 £400 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 92 (87.62%) WAN
2 83 (79.05%) IPsec
3 73 (69.52%) BGP
4 54 (51.43%) VPN
5 49 (46.67%) Junos
6 19 (18.10%) LAN
7 12 (11.43%) SD-WAN
8 10 (9.52%) Internet
8 10 (9.52%) VoIP
8 10 (9.52%) WLAN
9 9 (8.57%) PBX
10 6 (5.71%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (5.71%) DNS
11 5 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (4.76%) DHCP
11 5 (4.76%) Firewall
12 4 (3.81%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (3.81%) Ethernet
General
1 13 (12.38%) Telecoms
2 10 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.76%) Finance
4 4 (3.81%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.90%) Legal
Job Titles
1 38 (36.19%) Network Engineer
2 33 (31.43%) Network Support
3 31 (29.52%) WAN Engineer
4 25 (23.81%) 3rd Line Support
5 24 (22.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (14.29%) Architect
7 14 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (11.43%) Support Engineer
9 10 (9.52%) Network Architect
10 8 (7.62%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 7 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 6 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 6 (5.71%) Network Support Engineer
13 5 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 5 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
14 4 (3.81%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
14 4 (3.81%) Lead
15 3 (2.86%) Administrator
15 3 (2.86%) Coordinator
15 3 (2.86%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 58 (55.24%) PKI
2 14 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.95%) CMDB
4 1 (0.95%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (41.90%) Load Balancing
2 24 (22.86%) Network Design
3 10 (9.52%) Network Architecture
4 9 (8.57%) Analytics
4 9 (8.57%) Architectural Design
4 9 (8.57%) Data Analytics
4 9 (8.57%) Incident Management
4 9 (8.57%) Performance Management
4 9 (8.57%) Programme Management
4 9 (8.57%) SOA
4 9 (8.57%) Storage Management
5 8 (7.62%) ITIL
6 6 (5.71%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (5.71%) Mentoring
6 6 (5.71%) Resource Management
6 6 (5.71%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (4.76%) Project Delivery
7 5 (4.76%) TOGAF
8 4 (3.81%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (3.81%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 81 (77.14%) Security Cleared
2 35 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (9.52%) CCNP
5 9 (8.57%) CCIE
5 9 (8.57%) CCIE Data Center
6 5 (4.76%) CCNA
6 5 (4.76%) JNCIS
7 4 (3.81%) BC Cleared
7 4 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) SLA
2 3 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.81%) Hyper-V
1 4 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 84 (80.00%) Juniper
2 22 (20.95%) Cisco
3 5 (4.76%) CheckPoint
3 5 (4.76%) Infoblox
3 5 (4.76%) Palo Alto
3 5 (4.76%) Symantec
3 5 (4.76%) Zscaler
4 4 (3.81%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.81%) VMware
5 3 (2.86%) BT
5 3 (2.86%) Openreach
6 1 (0.95%) Aruba
6 1 (0.95%) Fortinet