Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to 7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 68 | 94 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 54 | 60 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.077 % | 0.061 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.391 % | 5.348 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 22 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £433 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £447 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £461 | £381 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £405 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.73 | £32.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.03 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 845 | 1122 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.201 % | 1.133 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 176 | 337 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £416 | £339 |
| Average daily rate | £433 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £451 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 161 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.12 | £29.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.93 | £30.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.74 | £31.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.56 | £28.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.06 % |
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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 Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.