 Software Testing |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.881 % | 1.600 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £350 |
| Average daily rate | - | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.86 % |
| 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 | £30.79 | £29.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.21 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 454 | 500 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.642 % | 0.506 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 124 | 129 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.02 | £24.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.05 | £26.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.09 | £27.69 |
| 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 Software Testing across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
