 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 82 | 110 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +28 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 60 | 44 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.077 % | 0.049 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.264 % | 3.918 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £227 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £238 | £208 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £217 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.75 | £29.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.25 | £30.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.75 | £32.50 |
| 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 | 826 | 1123 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.060 % | 1.262 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 166 | 249 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £340 | £346 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 103 | 117 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.46 | £27.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.22 | £29.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.98 | £32.09 |
| 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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
