 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to
20 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 18 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.017 % |
| As % of the category below | 23.33 % | 25.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £340 |
| Average daily rate | £329 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £29.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £31.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.68 | £32.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 64 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.047 % | 0.070 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £334 | £356 |
| Average daily rate | £353 | £392 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £372 | £428 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.00 | £32.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £33.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.00 | £35.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.97 | £31.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.10 % |
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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 XML across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
