 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 43 | 52 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.151 % | 1.190 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | - |
| Average daily rate | £225 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £366 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| 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 | 93 | 168 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.123 % | 0.167 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 36 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £279 | £241 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £250 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £311 | £259 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.93 | £40.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.73 | £47.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.52 | £53.88 |
| 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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
