| Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +2 | +1 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 45 | 39 | 88 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 10.82 % | 7.632 % | 7.815 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 29.61 % | 23.35 % | 23.91 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £290 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £255 | £270 | £270 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £325 | £309 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.25 | £32.50 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £28.00 | £30.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.50 | £45.00 | £34.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £32.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 152 | 167 | 368 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 36.54 % | 32.68 % | 32.68 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 62 | 50 | 86 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £290 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £150 | £220 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £325 | £363 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 27 | 50 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £22.50 | £30.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £27.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing XML across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
