 Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 125 | 178 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +53 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 98 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.126 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.310 % | 0.887 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £258 |
| Average daily rate | £303 | £276 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.00 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.25 | £42.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.50 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.23 | £25.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.44 % |
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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 XHTML across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
