 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 66 | 92 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.176 % | 3.846 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | - |
| Average daily rate | £500 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £550 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £32.82 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.97 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 85 | 182 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.112 % | 0.181 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 72 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £398 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £420 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.00 | £22.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.00 | £24.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.00 | £25.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.72 | £28.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.38 % |
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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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
