 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 84 | 105 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.024 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.622 % | 3.023 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £425 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £444 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £463 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £366 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.05 | £28.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 497 | 860 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.656 % | 0.857 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 114 | 153 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £352 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 31 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.05 | £27.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.83 | £29.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.62 | £31.56 |
| 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 SOAP across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
