 Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 17 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 207 | 199 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.276 % | 0.202 % |
| As % of the category below | 26.78 % | 26.22 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 30 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £333 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.54 | £15.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.81 | £17.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +103.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.08 | £18.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.21 | £33.02 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.61 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 773 | 759 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.029 % | 0.769 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 137 | 94 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £302 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 84 | 37 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.87 | £23.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.62 | £25.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.37 | £26.63 |
| 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 XML across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
