 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 17 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.86 % | 12.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £294 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.02 % |
| 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 | £30.37 | £32.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.76 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 28 | 40 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.037 % | 0.042 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £263 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £304 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £397 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.35 | £18.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.98 | £19.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.60 | £20.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.60 | £28.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.13 % |
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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 Ipswich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
