 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 75 | 130 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +55 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 184 | 65 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.236 % | 0.073 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.091 % | 3.605 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 113 | 26 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £427 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £453 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £421 | £479 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| 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 | 2274 | 1803 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.918 % | 2.026 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1189 | 839 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £412 | £461 |
| Average daily rate | £446 | £490 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £480 | £519 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 26 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.14 | £30.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.25 | £33.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.36 | £36.77 |
| 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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
