MPLS Contracts in the South East

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring MPLS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MPLS over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 159 216
Rank change year-on-year +25 +57 -35
Contract jobs citing MPLS 66 56 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.15% 0.99% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.54% 5.70% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 23
10th Percentile £211 £338 £313
25th Percentile £339 £413 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% +24.83%
75th Percentile £563 £570 £562
90th Percentile £698 £600 £695
England median daily rate £400 £486 £500
% change year-on-year -17.70% -2.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £14.90 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.25 £25.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -26.92% +22.35%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -35.48% +138.46% +13.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

MPLS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,192 982 1,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 20.72% 17.34% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 578 777
10th Percentile £214 £246 £210
25th Percentile £390 £363 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £651
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 70 85
10th Percentile £17.26 £18.20 £14.27
25th Percentile £29.81 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +171.49% -48.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.81 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £63.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MPLS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for MPLS in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in the South East over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MPLS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley +10 39 £375 -11.76% 7
Berkshire -8 39 £375 -18.92% 4
Hampshire +5 25 £575 +24.32%
Surrey +13 2 £438 -16.67% 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 3
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (9.09%) Apache
1 6 (9.09%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.58%) Azure
2 4 (6.06%) AWS
3 2 (3.03%) Cloudflare
3 2 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.52%) IaaS
4 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (80.30%) BGP
2 39 (59.09%) WAN
3 29 (43.94%) SSL
4 27 (40.91%) Cisco Firepower
5 18 (27.27%) VPN
6 14 (21.21%) Firewall
7 11 (16.67%) IPsec
8 8 (12.12%) Internet
9 7 (10.61%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (9.09%) EIGRP
10 6 (9.09%) Ethernet VPN
10 6 (9.09%) OSPF
10 6 (9.09%) Radio Access Network
10 6 (9.09%) SD-WAN
11 5 (7.58%) LAN
11 5 (7.58%) Network Security
12 4 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (6.06%) HSRP
12 4 (6.06%) Junos
12 4 (6.06%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.09%) MongoDB
1 6 (9.09%) NoSQL
1 6 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (22.73%) JIRA
2 6 (9.09%) GitLab
2 6 (9.09%) Robot Framework
2 6 (9.09%) TestRail
General
1 24 (36.36%) Finance
2 11 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.06%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.03%) Advertising
6 1 (1.52%) Aviation
6 1 (1.52%) Local Government
6 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (48.48%) Architect
1 32 (48.48%) Network Architect
2 20 (30.30%) Network Engineer
3 13 (19.70%) Senior
4 12 (18.18%) Test Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) IP Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) Senior IP Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Test Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Senior Architect
6 5 (7.58%) Senior Network Architect
6 5 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.55%) Consultant
8 2 (3.03%) Cisco Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Network Consultant
8 2 (3.03%) Network Security Consultant
8 2 (3.03%) Security Consultant
9 1 (1.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (1.52%) Network Support
9 1 (1.52%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) NETCONF
1 6 (9.09%) REST
1 6 (9.09%) RESTCONF
1 6 (9.09%) SOAP
1 6 (9.09%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.58%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (6.06%) PKI
4 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.52%) IoT
6 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Windows
1 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) Network Design
2 25 (37.88%) Network Management
3 24 (36.36%) Customer Requirements
4 22 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
5 12 (18.18%) Migration
6 8 (12.12%) Agile
6 8 (12.12%) Scrum
7 7 (10.61%) MoSCoW
7 7 (10.61%) Network Architecture
7 7 (10.61%) Risk Assessment
8 6 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 6 (9.09%) Containerisation
8 6 (9.09%) Integration Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Performance Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Regression Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Security Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Test Automation
8 6 (9.09%) Unit Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Workflow
9 5 (7.58%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.61%) Python
2 6 (9.09%) SQL
3 1 (1.52%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (46.97%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 10 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (9.09%) CCNA
4 6 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.58%) CCNP
6 4 (6.06%) CCIE
7 2 (3.03%) Degree
8 1 (1.52%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.52%) CCDP
8 1 (1.52%) CCIP
8 1 (1.52%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.52%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.52%) MCSA
8 1 (1.52%) MCSE
8 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 6 (9.09%) Docker
2 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.52%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (37.88%) Endace
2 1 (1.52%) Ansible
2 1 (1.52%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 43 (65.15%) Juniper
2 42 (63.64%) Cisco
3 31 (46.97%) F5
4 4 (6.06%) CheckPoint
4 4 (6.06%) Fortinet
4 4 (6.06%) Palo Alto
4 4 (6.06%) Zscaler
5 3 (4.55%) Aruba
6 2 (3.03%) Blue Coat
6 2 (3.03%) Citrix
6 2 (3.03%) McAfee
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.03%) VMware
7 1 (1.52%) ADVA
7 1 (1.52%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (1.52%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.52%) Dell
7 1 (1.52%) Forcepoint
7 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds