 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 19 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4223 | 5845 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.569 % | 6.200 % |
| As % of the category below | 23.79 % | 26.67 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1485 | 1843 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 245 | 377 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.87 | £31.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.51 | £33.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.15 | £36.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.90 | £33.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.55 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17751 | 21916 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.41 % | 23.25 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5849 | 6599 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £375 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £426 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1005 | 1382 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.09 | £30.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.48 | £33.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.88 | £35.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £33.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing XML within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
