Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 42 | 53 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.056 % | 0.053 % |
| As % of the category below | 26.92 % | 39.55 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £405 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £388 | £465 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.82 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £27.95 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.09 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.97 | £32.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 156 | 134 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.208 % | 0.134 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 47 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £272 |
| Average daily rate | £351 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £374 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.38 | £27.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.04 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.69 | £29.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.55 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
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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 XML across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.