Test Scripting (Test Scripts) |
| 3 months to 21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 22 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.020 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.511 % | 7.092 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £253 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £284 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £315 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.20 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.60 | £17.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +86.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.00 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.72 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 282 | 282 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.372 % | 0.281 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 117 | 157 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £365 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £382 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £399 | £398 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.56 | £32.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £33.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.45 | £35.47 |
| 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 Test Scripting across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.