 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 72 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.810 % | 4.167 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £400 |
| Average daily rate | - | £435 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £470 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.86 | £31.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.41 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 247 | 216 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.326 % | 0.229 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 73 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.26 | £28.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.66 | £29.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.07 | £31.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £33.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
