 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 391 | 536 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +145 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 173 | 97 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.231 % | 0.098 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.042 % | 0.446 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 26 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £394 | £304 |
| Average daily rate | £421 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £447 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £401 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.33 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £33.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.67 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.00 | £38.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.67 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16597 | 21751 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 22.12 % | 22.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5677 | 6807 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £379 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £426 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 934 | 1365 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.47 | £31.01 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.79 | £33.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.10 | £36.01 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
|
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 WPF across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
