 XML Schema |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 42 | 58 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.407 % | 0.957 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £475 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £563 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £650 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £387 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £39.83 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £40.54 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.25 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.34 | £31.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.49 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 189 | 209 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.252 % | 0.211 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 68 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £406 |
| Average daily rate | £379 | £436 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £399 | £465 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 27 | 50 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.92 | £32.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.36 | £32.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.80 | £33.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 Schema across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
