 Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 138 | 157 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.504 % | 1.057 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £283 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.44 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.78 | £24.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +63.74 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 794 | 1135 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.048 % | 1.130 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 169 | 252 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £299 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 135 | 148 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.40 | £29.62 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.52 | £33.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.65 | £37.01 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.72 | £33.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
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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 XSL across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
