Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 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 | - | 469 | 606 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +137 | -116 |
| Contract jobs citing VPLS | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | 0.004% | 0.023% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 0.035% | 0.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £555 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £600 | £463 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.73% | -11.90% | +7.69% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home
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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 1,523 | 2,830 | 4,368 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 10.39% | 11.58% | 9.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,001 | 1,883 | 2,974 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £350 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | +5.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £615 | £650 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £725 | £679 |
| UK median daily rate | £490 | £518 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.41% | +3.60% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 72 | 94 | 106 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £20.75 | £18.55 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.00 | £42.50 | £25.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £57.50 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.78% | +21.05% | +18.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £71.19 | £64.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.46 | £80.25 | £66.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £40.00 | £18.50 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +116.22% | -32.73% | +10.00% |
VPLS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VPLS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPLS.