 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to
7 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 15 | 22 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.64 % | 10.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £300 |
| Average daily rate | - | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £370 | £405 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £60.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £60.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £60.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £47.50 | £36.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 46 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.078 % | 0.058 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £114 | £258 |
| Average daily rate | £114 | £272 |
| % change on same period last year | -58.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £114 | £285 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.71 | £15.04 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.93 | £15.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +84.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.16 | £16.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.65 | £26.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MPLS across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
