XPath (XML Path Language) |
| 3 months to 20 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 66 |
| Rank change on same period last year | - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 0.763 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.91 % |
| 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 | £33.13 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 154 | 262 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.241 % | 0.285 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 41 | 64 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £339 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £371 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £402 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.97 | £24.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.83 | £27.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.70 | £29.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.20 | £32.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.15 % |
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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 XPath across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.