| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 32 | 25 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 108 | 103 | 145 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 4.762 % | 4.522 % | 3.665 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 20.42 % | 21.24 % | 15.93 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 44 | 12 | 25 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £205 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £160 | £132 | £227 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £300 | £350 | £406 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £250 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 15 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.50 | £20.00 | £16.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.50 | £7.60 | £8.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.30 | £24.60 | £38.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £20.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 529 | 485 | 910 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 23.32 % | 21.29 % | 23.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 249 | 100 | 178 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £300 | £340 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £175 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £500 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 57 | 88 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £22.50 | £28.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £13.60 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £34.77 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £27.50 | £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 HTML across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
