 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 9 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 67 | 144 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +77 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1576 | 959 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.006 % | 1.084 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.276 % | 4.455 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 653 | 295 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £333 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.16 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.28 | £28.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.27 | £29.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.26 | £31.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.16 | £29.56 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.05 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 19042 | 21528 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.24 % | 24.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6220 | 6398 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £361 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £413 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1083 | 1322 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.62 | £29.47 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.34 | £31.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.06 | £33.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.32 | £31.52 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.54 % |
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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
