 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 41 | 30 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 32 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.032 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.31 % | 14.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £500 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £550 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +46.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £600 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £282 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £31.67 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £33.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.97 | £28.64 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.33 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 168 | 224 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.224 % | 0.223 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 71 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £368 |
| Average daily rate | £398 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £420 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 58 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.62 | £31.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.72 | £31.52 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.82 | £31.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.55 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
|
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 CSS across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
