| Test Manager |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 42 | 68 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.729 % | 0.203 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £380 | - |
| Average daily rate | £389 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £397 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £414 | £417 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.78 % |
| 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 | £46.75 | £53.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.61 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 549 | 983 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.865 % | 1.053 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 169 | 229 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £375 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £402 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £429 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 82 | 182 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.45 | £16.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.17 | £17.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.89 | £18.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.37 | £24.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.31 % |
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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 Manager across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
