 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 87 | 89 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.791 % | 3.205 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £275 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £21.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £22.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.50 | £32.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 215 | 312 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.291 % | 0.308 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 60 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.11 | £24.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.43 | £26.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.89 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.75 | £28.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.93 % |
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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 West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
