System Testing |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 84 | 78 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.817 % | 1.957 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £714 | £172 |
| Average daily rate | £714 | £172 |
| % change on same period last year | +315.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £714 | £172 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £22.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.00 | £23.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +64.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.00 | £24.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.02 | £32.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.27 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 979 | 971 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.305 % | 0.969 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 358 | 221 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £360 |
| Average daily rate | £408 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £432 | £403 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 66 | 108 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.73 | £25.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.32 | £27.56 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.90 | £29.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.35 | £30.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.10 % |
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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 System Testing across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.