 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 21 | 18 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2187 | 3447 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.886 % | 3.433 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.55 % | 28.58 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1033 | 1385 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £362 | £391 |
| Average daily rate | £390 | £420 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £449 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 56 | 92 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.90 | £31.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.10 | £34.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.29 | £37.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.35 | £33.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.72 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8560 | 12059 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.30 % | 12.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3876 | 4725 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £397 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 269 | 372 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.81 | £30.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.75 | £36.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.73 | £33.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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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 XML across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
