 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to
20 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 62 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.780 % | 4.444 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £265 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £400 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.06 % |
| 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 | £45.68 | £35.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 59 | 90 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.093 % | 0.098 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £261 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £282 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £304 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.70 | £15.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.98 | £16.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.25 | £17.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.98 | £29.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.95 % |
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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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
