 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 504 | 544 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +40 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 58 | 76 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.076 % | 0.081 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.344 % | 0.366 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £283 | £239 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £257 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £274 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £26.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.33 | £32.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.67 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.25 | £24.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +51.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16881 | 20782 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 22.26 % | 22.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5696 | 6414 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £376 |
| Average daily rate | £381 | £402 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £428 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 971 | 1342 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.31 | £31.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.67 | £33.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.03 | £35.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £33.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
