| XML Messaging |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 90 | 93 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.010 % | 0.661 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £500 | - |
| Average daily rate | £500 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 495 | 454 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.660 % | 0.459 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 88 | 60 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.27 | £25.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.30 | £26.45 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.33 | £27.53 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % 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 XML Messaging across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
