Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 54 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 28 | 87 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.037 % | 0.087 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.28 % | 22.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 19 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £414 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £432 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £329 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £29.03 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.56 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £32.09 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.97 | £32.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 162 | 393 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.216 % | 0.392 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 52 | 99 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £381 | £275 |
| Average daily rate | £392 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £402 | £310 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 50 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.38 | £31.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.75 | £32.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.13 | £33.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.55 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
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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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.