Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 268 | 296 | 385 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +28 | +89 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 375 | 328 | 154 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.634 % | 0.535 % | 0.280 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.048 % | 4.175 % | 2.389 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 179 | 148 | 63 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £344 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £246 | £246 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £460 | £450 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £325 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 9 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.00 | £35.00 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £22.50 | £9.55 | £16.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.00 | £35.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £42.00 | £35.00 | £28.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 9264 | 7856 | 6447 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 15.65 % | 12.80 % | 11.71 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4209 | 3569 | 2640 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £215 | £220 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £325 | £310 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 611 | 777 | 700 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £12.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.25 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £27.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
