 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 135 | 160 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.326 % | 0.074 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.18 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 921 | 1352 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.215 % | 1.347 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 313 | 401 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £348 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 66 | 167 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.32 | £30.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.85 | £31.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.38 | £32.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.73 | £33.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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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 WAP across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
