| Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 269 | 257 | 343 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -12 |  +86 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 95 | 42 | 83 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 0.367 % | 0.254 % | 0.226 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 1.214 % | 0.978 % | 0.822 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 75 | 17 | 48 |
| Average daily rate | £475 | £475 | £525 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £382 | £350 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £535 | £725 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | - | £401 |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - | - |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 7823 | 4295 | 10099 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 30.20 % | 26.02 % | 27.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4569 | 1848 | 4198 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £388 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £261 | £238 | £255 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £525 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 93 | 102 | 331 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | £30.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.50 | £16.54 | £18.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £27.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing FIX Protocol across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
