 Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) |
| 3 months to
4 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 278 | 231 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -47 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 145 | 304 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.195 % | 0.304 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.711 % | 2.494 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 122 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £370 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £404 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £369 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £26.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.83 | £27.95 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.67 | £29.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.66 | £23.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +66.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8473 | 12188 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.42 % | 12.19 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3846 | 4751 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £372 | £396 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £430 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 266 | 354 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.02 | £29.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.19 | £32.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.36 | £35.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.45 | £33.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.82 % |
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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 XSL across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
