Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 59 | 107 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +48 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 873 | 623 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.120 % | 0.700 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.629 % | 5.607 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 439 | 248 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £372 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.86 | £27.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.86 | £29.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.86 | £31.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.18 | £30.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9066 | 11112 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.63 % | 12.48 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3975 | 4317 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £396 |
| Average daily rate | £403 | £422 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.55 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £448 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 201 | 412 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.70 | £29.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.53 | £31.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.79 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.36 | £33.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.40 | £31.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.