 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 75 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.342 % | 1.931 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | - |
| Average daily rate | £360 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | - |
| 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 | 447 | 259 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.596 % | 0.262 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 62 | 37 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £221 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £245 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £269 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 42 | 20 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.86 | £25.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.86 | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.86 | £29.37 |
| 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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
