 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 176 | 223 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +47 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 288 | 330 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.380 % | 0.345 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.619 % | 1.452 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 100 | 113 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £457 | £482 |
| Average daily rate | £482 | £522 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £508 | £563 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £402 | £430 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £55.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £55.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £55.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.18 | £28.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17784 | 22721 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.45 % | 23.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7968 | 8969 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £411 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £441 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £472 | £478 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.22 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 584 | 784 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.65 | £29.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.60 | £31.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.56 | £33.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.28 % |
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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
