Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 82 | 135 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +53 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 635 | 563 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.846 % | 0.570 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.539 % | 4.791 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 286 | 197 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £277 | £275 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £335 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £297 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.95 | £26.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.67 | £30.92 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.39 | £35.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.54 | £31.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.51 % |
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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 XHTML across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.