 HP TestDirector for Quality Center |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 40 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.333 % | 28.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | £272 |
| Average daily rate | £273 | £288 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £285 | £304 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £304 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.15 % |
| 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 | £37.07 | £28.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 75 | 90 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.101 % | 0.089 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £335 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.89 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.06 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.22 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.31 | £33.09 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.68 % |
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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 TestDirector across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
