| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to 21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 52 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 38 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.038 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.429 % | 4.051 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £213 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £230 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £247 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.00 | £32.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.67 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.33 | £37.14 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.84 | £30.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 700 | 938 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.924 % | 0.934 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 140 | 192 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £301 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 120 | 146 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.19 | £26.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.73 | £27.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.27 | £29.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.