 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 166 | 239 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +73 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 664 | 579 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.885 % | 0.586 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.745 % | 1.252 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 192 | 224 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £413 | £439 |
| Average daily rate | £441 | £472 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £469 | £504 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £403 | £420 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £39.70 | £53.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.88 | £53.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.05 | £54.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.88 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 38050 | 46228 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 50.72 % | 46.77 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14139 | 15557 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £390 | £394 |
| Average daily rate | £417 | £419 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £445 | £444 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2240 | 2855 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.15 | £28.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.92 | £30.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.69 | £32.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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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 SOA across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
