| Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 80 | 69 | 98 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -11 |  +29 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 0.616 % | 0.609 % | 0.212 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 2.586 % | 2.839 % | 1.038 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £450 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 464 | 317 | 578 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 23.82 % | 21.46 % | 20.40 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 169 | 67 | 132 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £275 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £165 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £450 | £430 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 17 | 13 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.50 | £22.50 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.15 | £10.50 | £17.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £34.55 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £27.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly 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.
