| XML Messaging |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 96 | 121 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.377 % | 0.267 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | - |
| Average daily rate | £425 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £408 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.64 % |
| 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 | 531 | 749 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.708 % | 0.747 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 138 | 180 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £344 | £294 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £391 | £333 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 101 | 147 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.99 | £32.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.04 | £35.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.09 | £37.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.55 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
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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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
