| Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 22 | 30 | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +8 |  -4 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 91 | 101 | 211 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England | 5.472 % | 4.676 % | 4.810 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 19.83 % | 20.16 % | 16.95 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 48 | 74 |
| Average daily rate | £268 | £288 | £270 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £148 | £175 | £191 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £306 | £333 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £255 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 17 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £31.50 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.45 | £16.90 | £21.90 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.50 | £45.00 | £41.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £20.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 459 | 501 | 1245 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England | 27.60 % | 23.19 % | 28.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 197 | 177 | 392 |
| Average daily rate | £288 | £300 | £355 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £176 | £215 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £398 | £450 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 48 | 51 | 131 |
| 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 | £18.00 | £19.50 | £22.10 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.00 | £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 CSS across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
