 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 80 | 82 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.304 % | 2.840 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £500 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £500 | £385 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.40 % |
| 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 | £32.09 | £30.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 434 | 493 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.578 % | 0.499 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 107 | 55 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 46 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.35 | £27.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.29 | £29.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.24 | £30.46 |
| 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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
