| Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 16 | 32 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +16 |  -10 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 126 | 51 | 128 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 6.559 % | 3.441 % | 4.461 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 27.04 % | 17.23 % | 21.44 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 59 | 13 | 39 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £340 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £214 | £150 | £252 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £455 | £438 | £403 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.50 | £45.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 466 | 296 | 597 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 24.26 % | 19.97 % | 20.81 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 174 | 62 | 134 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £320 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £190 | £156 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £450 | £441 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 15 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £22.50 | £26.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £15.00 | £17.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.50 | £34.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.00 | £30.00 | £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 XML across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
