 Active Template Library (ATL) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 564 | 453 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -111 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 161 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.038 % | 0.181 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.158 % | 0.749 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 77 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £413 | £556 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £579 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £458 | £603 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.00 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.13 | £26.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.06 | £28.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.00 | £31.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.06 | £27.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.95 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18947 | 21508 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.31 % | 24.16 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6239 | 6448 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £410 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1048 | 1311 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.76 | £29.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.43 | £31.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.10 | £33.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.40 | £31.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
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 ATL across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
