 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 48 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.052 % | 0.049 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.32 % | 22.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £274 | £274 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £295 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £326 | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| 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 | £34.06 | £33.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 154 | 209 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.205 % | 0.211 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 44 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £297 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £366 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.75 | £36.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.94 | £37.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.13 | £38.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
