 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 67 | 91 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 22 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.029 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.462 % | 0.644 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £251 | - |
| Average daily rate | £262 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £274 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £17.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.09 | £30.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 493 | 466 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.657 % | 0.471 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 213 | 179 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £394 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £430 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.90 | £29.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.25 | £31.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.59 | £33.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
