Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 61 | 107 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +46 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 64 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.085 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.579 % | 3.084 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £248 | - |
| Average daily rate | £263 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £278 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.40 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £23.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.60 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.33 | £31.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 746 | 681 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.993 % | 0.690 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 161 | 124 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £323 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.19 | £31.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.07 | £33.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.94 | £35.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.66 | £33.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing XHTML across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.