XPath (XML Path Language) |
| 3 months to 5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 122 | 135 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.603 % | 0.672 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £363 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £396 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £29.75 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.80 | £29.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.09 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1160 | 1339 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.568 % | 1.320 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 235 | 242 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £296 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 145 | 151 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.07 | £25.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.11 | £27.02 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.16 | £28.49 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.30 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
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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 XPath across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.