| Software Tester |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 198 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.111 % | 0.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | - |
| Average daily rate | £330 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £287 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.53 % |
| 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 | £22.40 | £24.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.65 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7198 | 6535 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 10.13 % | 6.604 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3887 | 2676 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £407 | £444 |
| Average daily rate | £443 | £472 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £479 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 315 | 235 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.77 | £22.97 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.61 | £24.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.45 | £25.57 |
| 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 Software Tester across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
