| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 42 | 62 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.928 % | 0.935 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £160 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £170 | £208 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £180 | £215 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £283 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.25 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £38.88 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.75 | £32.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.09 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 778 | 1070 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.106 % | 1.081 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 236 | 382 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £318 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £346 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 134 | 146 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.03 | £25.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.61 | £28.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.19 | £31.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.69 | £25.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 Test Engineer across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
