Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 56 | 105 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +49 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 101 | 27 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.130 % | 0.030 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.034 % | 3.044 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £318 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.73 | £20.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.13 | £22.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +44.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.52 | £23.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.18 | £30.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1118 | 887 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.434 % | 0.996 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 243 | 137 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £256 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £272 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £288 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 126 | 74 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.78 | £29.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.18 | £31.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.58 | £33.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.40 | £31.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.