| Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 0 |  -3 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1685 | 982 | 2699 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 6.549 % | 5.949 % | 7.364 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 21.68 % | 22.87 % | 26.73 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1007 | 375 | 1106 |
| Average daily rate | £475 | £400 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £235 | £269 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £515 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 18 | 113 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.25 | £35.75 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.90 | £15.20 | £23.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £50.20 | £61.15 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 7773 | 4294 | 10097 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 30.21 % | 26.01 % | 27.55 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4527 | 1835 | 4195 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £380 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £265 | £235 | £255 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £501 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 96 | 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 | £19.25 | £16.70 | £18.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £30.00 | £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 XML across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
