 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 45 | 34 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 18 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.952 % | 15.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £238 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £366 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.27 % |
| 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 | £32.05 | £28.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 168 | 117 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.222 % | 0.117 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 53 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £268 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.07 | £27.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.22 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.38 | £29.50 |
| 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 South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
