 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 174 | 156 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 74 | 150 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.099 % | 0.152 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.657 % | 3.571 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 39 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £423 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £472 | £346 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £36.29 |
| 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 | 2785 | 4200 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.712 % | 4.249 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 683 | 1044 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 253 | 429 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.19 | £34.39 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.14 | £36.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.08 | £39.33 |
| 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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
