 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 237 | 241 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 352 | 561 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.554 % | 0.601 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.661 % | 2.634 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 106 | 185 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £351 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £373 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.59 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £406 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £411 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 26 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.33 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.23 | £33.56 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.13 | £35.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.90 | £33.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13227 | 21300 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 20.83 % | 22.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4457 | 6817 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £362 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £384 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 870 | 1276 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.19 | £29.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.40 | £32.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.61 | £34.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.92 | £31.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.25 % |
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
