Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 64 | 80 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 27 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.036 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.30 % | 5.556 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £362 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.77 | £39.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.32 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 203 | 288 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.268 % | 0.287 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £334 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.95 | £22.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.54 | £24.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.14 | £27.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.88 | £28.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.87 % |
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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 HTTP across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.