| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.775 % | 1.439 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £240 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £260 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.15 | £30.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 387 | 417 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.511 % | 0.415 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 115 | 85 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £412 | £399 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 100 | 124 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.51 | £29.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.67 | £30.28 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.82 | £31.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Test Engineer across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
