 XML Schema |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 196 | 170 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 29 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.031 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.116 % | 1.793 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £427 | £452 |
| Average daily rate | £461 | £507 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £496 | £562 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £376 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.26 % |
| 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 | £37.34 | £29.89 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.91 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2150 | 1617 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.835 % | 1.715 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1189 | 704 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £401 | £457 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £493 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £471 | £529 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 48 | 29 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.48 | £26.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.45 | £30.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.42 | £33.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £33.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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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 Schema across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
