 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.692 % | 0.980 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| 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 | 26 | 102 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.034 % | 0.102 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £263 | £255 |
| Average daily rate | £273 | £260 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £284 | £266 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £33.16 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.00 | £34.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -65.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.00 | £36.16 |
| 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 Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
