MPLS Contracts in London

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 399 434
Rank change year-on-year +103 +35 -75
Contract jobs citing MPLS 97 88 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.55% 0.35% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.81% 3.40% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 44 124
10th Percentile £350 £418 £402
25th Percentile £406 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £573 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% +14.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £606 £610 £573
90th Percentile £640 £658 £650
England median daily rate £400 £486 £500
% change year-on-year -17.70% -2.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £23.62 - -
25th Percentile £24.18 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.29% +169.23% -61.48%
75th Percentile - - £28.38
90th Percentile £49.00 - £29.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -47.58% +138.46% +13.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,669 2,589 3,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.53% 10.18% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,818 2,545
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.52%
75th Percentile £619 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 49 89
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.45
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.75 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.87% +29.35% -43.11%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.50 £44.50
90th Percentile £59.75 £76.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +135.29% -28.90% +3.48%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for MPLS in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MPLS in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MPLS in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Central London +21 5 £690 +15.00% 3
West London +21 2 £513 - 3
East London - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.06%) Apache
2 2 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.03%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.03%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (5.15%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.03%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 30 (30.93%) Azure
2 19 (19.59%) AWS
3 12 (12.37%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.25%) GCP
5 6 (6.19%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.15%) IaaS
6 5 (5.15%) OCI
7 3 (3.09%) SaaS
8 2 (2.06%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.03%) GitHub
9 1 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 61 (62.89%) BGP
2 57 (58.76%) Firewall
3 36 (37.11%) WAN
4 30 (30.93%) OSPF
5 29 (29.90%) LAN
6 24 (24.74%) VPN
7 23 (23.71%) DNS
8 21 (21.65%) SNMP
9 20 (20.62%) SD-WAN
10 19 (19.59%) Network Security
11 18 (18.56%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (18.56%) Ethernet VPN
12 17 (17.53%) HSRP
12 17 (17.53%) Wireless
13 16 (16.49%) DHCP
13 16 (16.49%) IPv4
13 16 (16.49%) RSVP
14 15 (15.46%) Cisco IOS
14 15 (15.46%) EIGRP
15 14 (14.43%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.03%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.03%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (10.31%) Git
2 3 (3.09%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (2.06%) GitLab
3 2 (2.06%) JIRA
3 2 (2.06%) Robot Framework
3 2 (2.06%) TestRail
General
1 32 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.65%) Finance
3 8 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.19%) Financial Institution
4 6 (6.19%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.15%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.09%) Banking
7 2 (2.06%) French Language
7 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Advertising
8 1 (1.03%) Aviation
8 1 (1.03%) Billing
8 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (49.48%) Network Engineer
2 12 (12.37%) Design Engineer
2 12 (12.37%) Network Design Engineer
3 10 (10.31%) Architect
3 10 (10.31%) IP Expert
3 10 (10.31%) Senior
4 8 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (5.15%) Cisco Expert
5 5 (5.15%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (4.12%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (4.12%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 4 (4.12%) Network Architect
6 4 (4.12%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.12%) Telephony Architect
6 4 (4.12%) Voice Architect
6 4 (4.12%) WAN Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Analyst
7 3 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Cloud Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (23.71%) NETCONF
2 22 (22.68%) YANG
3 21 (21.65%) JSON
3 21 (21.65%) XML
4 12 (12.37%) Jinja
5 5 (5.15%) 802.1X
6 3 (3.09%) SAML
7 2 (2.06%) LDAP
7 2 (2.06%) REST
7 2 (2.06%) RESTCONF
7 2 (2.06%) RESTful
7 2 (2.06%) SOAP
8 1 (1.03%) .NET
8 1 (1.03%) EDI
8 1 (1.03%) IBM Integration Bus
8 1 (1.03%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.49%) Distributed Architecture
2 13 (13.40%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.09%) Clustering
3 3 (3.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.06%) PKI
5 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.03%) IVR
5 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.34%) Windows
2 10 (10.31%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.62%) DevOps
2 15 (15.46%) Migration
2 15 (15.46%) Network Design
3 14 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (13.40%) Load Balancing
5 11 (11.34%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 10 (10.31%) Business Strategy
6 10 (10.31%) Kalman Filter
6 10 (10.31%) Project Delivery
6 10 (10.31%) Roadmaps
6 10 (10.31%) Test Planning
7 9 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (7.22%) Problem Management
9 6 (6.19%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (6.19%) Integration Testing
9 6 (6.19%) ITSM
9 6 (6.19%) Network Architecture
9 6 (6.19%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (6.19%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (6.19%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.59%) Python
2 2 (2.06%) SQL
3 1 (1.03%) C++
3 1 (1.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 41 (42.27%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (36.08%) CCNP
3 16 (16.49%) CCNA
4 9 (9.28%) CCIE
5 7 (7.22%) AWS Certification
6 6 (6.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (6.19%) JNCIP
7 5 (5.15%) Azure Certification
7 5 (5.15%) CCIE Service Provider
7 5 (5.15%) Degree
7 5 (5.15%) SC Cleared
7 5 (5.15%) Security Cleared
8 4 (4.12%) CCDP
8 4 (4.12%) DV Cleared
8 4 (4.12%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.03%) CCIP
9 1 (1.03%) JNCIE
9 1 (1.03%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.03%) MCITP
9 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.19%) SLA
2 2 (2.06%) NCSC
3 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.03%) QA
System Software
1 13 (13.40%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.28%) Firmware
3 5 (5.15%) VMware NSX
4 4 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.03%) Docker
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (9.28%) Terraform
2 8 (8.25%) Ansible
3 5 (5.15%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.15%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (3.09%) Kibana
4 3 (3.09%) SCCM
4 3 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.03%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 57 (58.76%) Cisco
2 27 (27.84%) F5
2 27 (27.84%) Nokia
2 27 (27.84%) Palo Alto
3 19 (19.59%) Microsoft
4 15 (15.46%) Infoblox
5 14 (14.43%) Fortinet
5 14 (14.43%) Juniper
6 12 (12.37%) CheckPoint
7 10 (10.31%) VMware
8 7 (7.22%) Google
9 6 (6.19%) Aruba
9 6 (6.19%) Huawei
9 6 (6.19%) Meraki
10 5 (5.15%) Okta
10 5 (5.15%) SolarWinds
10 5 (5.15%) Zscaler
11 3 (3.09%) Arista
11 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
11 3 (3.09%) Splunk