 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 249 | 239 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 119 | 251 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.193 % | 0.274 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.018 % | 5.012 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 100 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £432 | £404 |
| Average daily rate | £458 | £413 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £484 | £422 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £389 | £396 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.67 | £28.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.67 | £30.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.67 | £32.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £45.50 | £35.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.84 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2962 | 5008 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.806 % | 5.467 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1153 | 1656 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £386 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 315 | 493 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.39 | £25.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.35 | £27.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.31 | £29.57 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.86 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.64 % |
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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
