| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 57 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| 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 | 0.542 % | 0.861 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £265 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.19 % |
| 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 | £30.69 | £31.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.90 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 738 | 929 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.039 % | 0.939 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 195 | 194 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £305 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £328 | £329 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 107 | 57 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.88 | £21.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.72 | £22.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.57 | £23.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
