 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 86 | 79 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.141 % | 4.808 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £383 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £403 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £422 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.15 % |
| 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 | £31.11 | £32.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.18 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 263 | 312 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.351 % | 0.316 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 111 | 110 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.48 | £18.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.86 | £20.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +56.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.23 | £22.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
