 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 107 | 160 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +53 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 174 | 137 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.223 % | 0.154 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.421 % | 3.300 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 34 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £274 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £296 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.14 | £32.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.29 | £33.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.43 | £33.94 |
| 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 | 3210 | 4151 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.118 % | 4.663 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 835 | 962 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £382 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 299 | 402 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.27 | £33.99 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.63 | £35.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.99 | £36.59 |
| 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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
