Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 23 | 47 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 164 | 75 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.210 % | 0.084 % |
| As % of the category below | 24.77 % | 15.09 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £261 | £212 |
| Average daily rate | £277 | £231 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £292 | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £307 | £293 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.54 | £22.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.44 | £26.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.35 | £29.39 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.69 | £27.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.51 % |
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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 HTML across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.