 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 106 | 100 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 68 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.030 % | 0.068 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.212 % | 6.589 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £359 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £373 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £370 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £35.83 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £38.67 |
| 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 | 716 | 1032 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.945 % | 1.028 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 189 | 249 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £345 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 58 | 95 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.14 | £36.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.88 | £37.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.63 | £38.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.72 | £33.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
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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 Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
