 Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 54 | 102 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +48 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 119 | 47 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.153 % | 0.053 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.705 % | 4.658 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 73 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £281 | £283 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +80.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £55.00 | £25.00 |
| 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 | 1367 | 1009 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.754 % | 1.134 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 451 | 281 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £321 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £391 | £373 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 122 | 100 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.15 | £27.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.18 | £29.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.22 | £31.25 |
| 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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
