 Financial Products Markup Language (FpML) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 540 | 517 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 54 | 94 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.069 % | 0.106 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.285 % | 0.437 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 58 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £487 | £504 |
| Average daily rate | £518 | £545 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £549 | £586 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £407 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.19 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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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 FpML across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
