 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 26 | 56 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1547 | 1338 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.062 % | 1.354 % |
| As % of the category below | 18.37 % | 11.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 688 | 446 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £284 | £284 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £309 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £349 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £296 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 61 | 79 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.15 | £24.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.70 | £27.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.24 | £30.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.65 | £28.31 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.37 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8423 | 11752 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.23 % | 11.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3758 | 4669 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £402 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £431 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £460 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 235 | 387 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.98 | £31.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.18 | £33.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.37 | £36.83 |
| 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 CSS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
