 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.929 % | 2.747 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £230 | - |
| Average daily rate | £241 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £252 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.07 % |
| 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 | £30.23 | £30.11 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 168 | 182 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.216 % | 0.204 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 41 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £331 | £373 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.84 | £23.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.40 | £27.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.97 | £31.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.42 | £31.87 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.71 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
