 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 281 | 292 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 321 | 454 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.448 % | 0.456 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.557 % | 3.578 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 105 | 116 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £392 | £380 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £427 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £404 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 46 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.08 | £27.04 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.14 | £29.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.19 | £32.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.73 | £31.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9024 | 12688 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.61 % | 12.75 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2604 | 3372 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £386 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1151 | 1782 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.16 | £26.30 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.90 | £28.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.63 | £30.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.35 | £28.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.11 % |
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
