| Test Manager |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 48 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.236 % | 1.362 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £312 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £415 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.38 % |
| 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 | £50.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 809 | 1028 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.078 % | 1.040 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 287 | 366 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 123 | 147 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.48 | £24.04 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.18 | £26.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.87 | £29.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
