 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 320 | 426 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +106 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 79 | 53 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.104 % | 0.055 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.946 % | 0.463 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 35 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £387 | £288 |
| Average daily rate | £412 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £438 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £427 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.67 | £31.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.33 | £33.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.00 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8347 | 11458 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.00 % | 11.98 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3703 | 4540 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £369 | £403 |
| Average daily rate | £398 | £432 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £427 | £461 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 215 | 390 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.58 | £31.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.92 | £33.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.27 | £36.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.55 | £33.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.77 % |
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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 WPF across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
