| Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) |
| 3 months to
15 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 37 | 49 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +12 | +3 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 264 | 196 | 385 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East | 3.643 % | 2.549 % | 2.571 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 15.57 % | 14.12 % | 11.78 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 91 | 61 | 67 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £250 | £275 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £163 | £200 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £260 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 25 | 54 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | £17.50 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £10.50 | £16.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £33.00 | £37.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £20.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 1696 | 1388 | 3267 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East | 23.41 % | 18.05 % | 21.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 657 | 420 | 807 |
| Average daily rate | £303 | £298 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £206 | £200 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £400 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 96 | 105 | 330 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | £31.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £22.60 | £13.00 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.10 | £43.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.25 | £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 CSS across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
