 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 67 | 106 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +39 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 57 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.076 % | 0.022 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.641 % | 3.231 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £379 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £31.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £38.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.75 | £30.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 746 | 681 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.993 % | 0.690 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 161 | 124 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £323 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.19 | £31.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.07 | £33.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.94 | £35.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.66 | £33.10 |
| % 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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
