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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 409 441
Rank change year-on-year +125 +32 -63
Contract jobs citing MPLS 102 78 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.58% 0.30% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.13% 3.00% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 40 120
10th Percentile £350 £411 £400
25th Percentile £400 £474 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £558 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% +11.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £628 £563
90th Percentile £638 £676 £650
England median daily rate £400 £486 £500
% change year-on-year -17.70% -2.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £23.53 - -
25th Percentile £23.95 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £24.59 £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.87% +169.23% -61.48%
75th Percentile £25.00 - £28.38
90th Percentile - - £29.50
England median hourly rate £25.00 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -59.68% +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 1,663 2,599 3,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.52% 9.99% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,115 1,823 2,551
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 54 87
10th Percentile £14.46 £19.25 £20.96
25th Percentile £16.40 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.75 £36.27 £29.12
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% +24.55% -38.47%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.00 £46.81
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +1.74%

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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 20 May 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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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 20 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
Central London +30 7 £690 +15.00% 4
West London +21 2 £375 - 2
East London - 2 - - 3
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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 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.96%) Apache
2 2 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.98%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.98%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (4.90%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.98%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 33 (32.35%) Azure
2 19 (18.63%) AWS
3 14 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.82%) GCP
5 8 (7.84%) Entra ID
6 7 (6.86%) IaaS
7 5 (4.90%) OCI
8 4 (3.92%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.94%) SaaS
10 1 (0.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 64 (62.75%) BGP
2 63 (61.76%) Firewall
3 36 (35.29%) WAN
4 34 (33.33%) OSPF
5 29 (28.43%) LAN
6 28 (27.45%) VPN
7 25 (24.51%) DNS
8 23 (22.55%) SNMP
9 21 (20.59%) Cisco Nexus
10 20 (19.61%) Ethernet VPN
10 20 (19.61%) SD-WAN
11 19 (18.63%) HSRP
11 19 (18.63%) IPv4
11 19 (18.63%) Network Security
12 18 (17.65%) RSVP
13 17 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (16.67%) IPsec
14 16 (15.69%) EIGRP
14 16 (15.69%) VPLS
14 16 (15.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Git
2 6 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.96%) GitLab
3 2 (1.96%) JIRA
3 2 (1.96%) Robot Framework
3 2 (1.96%) TestRail
General
1 32 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.59%) Finance
3 8 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.88%) Financial Institution
4 6 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.90%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.92%) French Language
6 4 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Banking
8 2 (1.96%) Aviation
8 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Advertising
9 1 (0.98%) Billing
9 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (47.06%) Network Engineer
2 12 (11.76%) Design Engineer
2 12 (11.76%) IP Expert
2 12 (11.76%) Network Design Engineer
3 11 (10.78%) Senior
4 10 (9.80%) Architect
5 8 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (5.88%) Cisco Expert
7 5 (4.90%) Network Architect
7 5 (4.90%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (4.90%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Integration Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 4 (3.92%) Telephony Architect
8 4 (3.92%) Voice Architect
8 4 (3.92%) WAN Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Cloud Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (24.51%) NETCONF
2 24 (23.53%) YANG
3 23 (22.55%) JSON
3 23 (22.55%) XML
4 14 (13.73%) Jinja
5 5 (4.90%) 802.1X
6 3 (2.94%) SAML
7 2 (1.96%) LDAP
7 2 (1.96%) REST
7 2 (1.96%) RESTCONF
7 2 (1.96%) RESTful
7 2 (1.96%) SOAP
8 1 (0.98%) .NET
8 1 (0.98%) EDI
8 1 (0.98%) IBM Integration Bus
8 1 (0.98%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.65%) Distributed Architecture
2 13 (12.75%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.94%) Clustering
3 3 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.96%) PKI
5 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) IVR
5 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.75%) Windows
2 12 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.92%) Linux
4 3 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.57%) DevOps
2 15 (14.71%) Network Design
3 14 (13.73%) Migration
4 13 (12.75%) Load Balancing
5 12 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 12 (11.76%) Roadmaps
5 12 (11.76%) Test Planning
6 11 (10.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (10.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 10 (9.80%) Kalman Filter
8 9 (8.82%) Business Strategy
9 8 (7.84%) Time Management
10 7 (6.86%) Configuration Management
10 7 (6.86%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (6.86%) Network Architecture
10 7 (6.86%) Problem Management
11 6 (5.88%) IT Strategy
11 6 (5.88%) Predictive Analysis
11 6 (5.88%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.59%) Python
2 5 (4.90%) SQL
3 3 (2.94%) Perl
4 1 (0.98%) C++
4 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 38 (37.25%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (30.39%) CCNP
3 13 (12.75%) CCNA
4 9 (8.82%) CCIE
5 6 (5.88%) AWS Certification
5 6 (5.88%) CCIE Service Provider
6 5 (4.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.90%) Azure Certification
6 5 (4.90%) Degree
6 5 (4.90%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.90%) Security Cleared
7 4 (3.92%) CCDP
7 4 (3.92%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.96%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.98%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.98%) CCIP
9 1 (0.98%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.98%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.98%) MCITP
9 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) NCSC
2 2 (1.96%) QA
3 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (14.71%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.82%) Firmware
3 6 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.90%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.98%) Docker
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (9.80%) Ansible
2 8 (7.84%) Terraform
3 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.90%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.90%) SCCM
4 5 (4.90%) SolarWinds Orion
5 3 (2.94%) Kibana
5 3 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.96%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.98%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 58 (56.86%) Cisco
2 30 (29.41%) F5
3 29 (28.43%) Nokia
4 27 (26.47%) Palo Alto
5 21 (20.59%) Microsoft
6 15 (14.71%) Fortinet
6 15 (14.71%) Infoblox
7 13 (12.75%) Juniper
8 12 (11.76%) CheckPoint
8 12 (11.76%) VMware
9 7 (6.86%) Google
9 7 (6.86%) Meraki
9 7 (6.86%) Okta
10 6 (5.88%) Aruba
11 5 (4.90%) Citrix
11 5 (4.90%) SolarWinds
11 5 (4.90%) Zscaler
12 3 (2.94%) Arista
12 3 (2.94%) Dell
12 3 (2.94%) Polycom