 XPath (XML Path Language) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 226 | 276 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +50 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 33 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.044 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.813 % | 0.341 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £398 | £324 |
| Average daily rate | £429 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £459 | £381 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £393 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.50 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.25 | £21.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +77.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £21.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.50 | £29.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4058 | 6164 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.355 % | 6.139 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1044 | 1565 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 459 | 737 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.57 | £33.53 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.51 | £35.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.45 | £37.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
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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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
