 Manual Testing |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.508 % | 0.680 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £250 |
| % change on same period last year | +51.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £386 | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £296 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.40 % |
| 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 | £28.42 | £19.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +43.27 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 236 | 147 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.383 % | 0.160 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 76 | 67 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £388 | £445 |
| Average daily rate | £396 | £508 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £570 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.16 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 26 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.82 | £31.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £31.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.17 | £32.27 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.22 | £29.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.53 % |
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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 Manual Testing across the Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
