 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 62 | 71 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.208 % | 1.026 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | - |
| Average daily rate | £425 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £467 | - |
| 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 | 192 | 195 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.256 % | 0.197 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 40 | 68 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.96 | £28.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.54 | £29.93 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.13 | £31.77 |
| 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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
