Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 196 | 402 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.279 % | 0.416 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.19 % | 30.25 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 49 | 99 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £292 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £311 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £330 | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 62 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.34 | £28.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.66 | £30.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.97 | £31.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £32.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.23 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 778 | 1329 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.109 % | 1.374 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 250 | 367 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £355 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 162 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.19 | £30.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.31 | £31.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.44 | £32.21 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.79 | £32.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.85 % |
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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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.