| Tester |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 64 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 51 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.051 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.400 % | 3.400 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £386 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £399 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £411 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.49 | £28.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.55 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1214 | 1500 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.602 % | 1.494 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 364 | 347 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 175 | 184 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.58 | £26.74 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.66 | £27.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.74 | £28.60 |
| 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 Tester across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
