 Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) |
| 3 months to 12 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 84 | 144 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +60 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1424 | 939 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.789 % | 1.055 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.372 % | 4.346 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 491 | 244 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £282 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £332 | £324 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £293 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 66 | 85 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.91 | £24.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.32 | £25.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.72 | £27.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.31 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.39 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 19316 | 21604 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.27 % | 24.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6329 | 6463 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £386 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £412 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1085 | 1321 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.65 | £29.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.36 | £31.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.08 | £33.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.29 | £31.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.73 % |
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 XHTML across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
