| XML Messaging |
| 3 months to 1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 73 |
| Rank change on same period last year | - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 0.995 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £525 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.66 % |
| 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 | 79 | 201 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.125 % | 0.214 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 60 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £266 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £306 | £427 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.50 | £31.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.98 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.46 | £34.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.72 | £31.64 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.21 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.