| XML Messaging |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 152 |
| Rank change on same period last year | - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 0.073 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £300 |
| Average daily rate | - | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £408 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.64 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 901 | 1362 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.201 % | 1.359 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 311 | 394 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £345 | £337 |
| Average daily rate | £370 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £396 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 64 | 171 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.10 | £30.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.62 | £31.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.14 | £32.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.55 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
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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 Messaging across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.