 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 18 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 239 | 220 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.319 % | 0.223 % |
| As % of the category below | 23.00 % | 25.17 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 59 | 37 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £353 | £333 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.67 | £24.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.83 | £27.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.00 | £30.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.06 | £33.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1039 | 874 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.385 % | 0.884 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 202 | 125 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £281 |
| Average daily rate | £348 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £368 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 92 | 71 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.57 | £24.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.45 | £27.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.32 | £30.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
