 Penetration Testing |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 214 | 197 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.238 % | 0.057 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £500 | - |
| Average daily rate | £558 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £617 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £419 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.57 % |
| 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 | £26.50 | £35.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5034 | 3492 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.643 % | 3.478 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2878 | 1528 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £424 | £437 |
| Average daily rate | £465 | £472 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £507 | £506 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 101 | 87 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.30 | £24.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.35 | £26.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.40 | £28.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.30 | £30.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.42 % |
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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 Penetration Testing across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
