 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 33 | 22 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 156 | 287 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.208 % | 0.290 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.97 % | 27.44 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 31 | 69 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £268 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £289 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £311 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.86 | £31.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.81 | £35.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.75 | £39.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.06 | £33.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 744 | 1046 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.992 % | 1.058 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 166 | 233 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £342 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 122 | 146 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.67 | £28.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.83 | £32.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.98 | £36.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
