| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 19 | 45 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 22 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.031 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.714 % | 0.693 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £450 |
| Average daily rate | - | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £309 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.03 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.07 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.72 | £31.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.74 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 385 | 433 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.549 % | 0.448 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 112 | 170 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 93 | 60 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.52 | £25.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.24 | £27.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.96 | £28.99 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.64 | £25.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.56 % |
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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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
