 HP QuickTest Professional (QTP) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 43 | 39 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.50 % | 11.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £395 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £406 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £308 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.52 % |
| 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 | £29.94 | £32.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.66 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.045 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £247 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £276 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £305 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.00 | £28.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.50 | £30.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £33.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
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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 QuickTest Pro across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
