Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 79 | 102 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 42 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.054 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.344 % | 3.219 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £221 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £242 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £33.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.51 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.18 | £30.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 662 | 497 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.849 % | 0.558 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 122 | 84 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £331 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 30 | 44 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.05 | £26.97 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.95 | £29.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.86 | £32.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.40 | £31.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing AJAX across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.