 Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) |
| 3 months to 21 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 569 | 618 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +49 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.086 % | 0.055 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £380 |
| Average daily rate | - | £485 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £590 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £508 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| 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 | 18698 | 21744 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.27 % | 24.02 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6157 | 6539 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £356 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £381 | £397 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £420 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £351 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1020 | 1349 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.69 | £29.95 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.39 | £31.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.09 | £33.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.38 | £32.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.96 % |
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 SAML across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
