System Testing |
| 3 months to 13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 69 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.441 % | 0.738 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £275 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £287 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.33 | £31.32 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 347 | 542 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.491 % | 0.549 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 81 | 115 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £311 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 68 | 78 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.87 | £34.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.95 | £36.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.02 | £39.23 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.42 | £29.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
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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 System Testing across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.