 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 65 | 133 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +68 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1512 | 960 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.940 % | 1.078 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.382 % | 4.661 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 646 | 306 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £388 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 46 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.98 | £28.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.69 | £30.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.41 | £31.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.18 | £30.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18039 | 20596 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.14 % | 23.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6087 | 6297 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £411 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1005 | 1270 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.98 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.59 | £31.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.19 | £33.81 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.40 | £31.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
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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 AJAX across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
