 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 47 | 65 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.247 % | 2.392 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £488 | - |
| Average daily rate | £513 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £538 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.09 | £30.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 154 | 209 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.205 % | 0.211 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 44 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £297 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £366 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.75 | £36.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.94 | £37.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.13 | £38.93 |
| 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 SOAP across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
