MPLS Contracts in Scotland

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UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 162 172
Rank change year-on-year +53 +10 -14
Contract jobs citing MPLS 6 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.075% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.73% 0.56% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £365 - -
25th Percentile £369 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £338
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +48.15% -25.00%
75th Percentile £500 - £356
90th Percentile £545 - -
UK median daily rate £400 £486 £500
% change year-on-year -17.70% -2.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
75th Percentile - - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK 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
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 220 360 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.27% 13.47% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 221 200
10th Percentile £179 £160 £224
25th Percentile £229 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £460 £470
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £538
90th Percentile £633 £575 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 19
10th Percentile £12.88 - £20.80
25th Percentile £15.88 - £41.75
Median hourly rate £18.14 £10.63 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +70.60% -79.06% +40.06%
75th Percentile £29.56 £38.18 £56.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £59.18 £57.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for MPLS in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for MPLS in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MPLS in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MPLS in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for MPLS in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPLS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Edinburgh +34 4 £375 -25.00%
Glasgow +18 2 £475 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) BGP
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (50.00%) IPv4
2 3 (50.00%) IPv6
2 3 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
4 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) IPsec
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Hudson
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) BYOD
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CCNP
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) HND
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
1 5 (83.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Meraki
2 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto