 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 21 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 487 | 514 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.649 % | 0.520 % |
| As % of the category below | 22.60 % | 30.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 270 | 228 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £463 |
| Average daily rate | £419 | £500 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £455 | £538 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.23 | £42.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.62 | £45.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.00 | £47.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.06 | £33.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2155 | 1713 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.872 % | 1.733 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1252 | 755 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £395 | £454 |
| Average daily rate | £432 | £489 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.59 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £469 | £524 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.90 | £24.24 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.85 | £27.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.80 | £30.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
