Penetration Testing |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 130 | 142 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.426 % | 0.452 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £625 | £369 |
| Average daily rate | £626 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +68.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £626 | £374 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £420 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.82 % |
| 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 | £26.50 | £37.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -29.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2115 | 2432 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.819 % | 2.426 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 712 | 836 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £378 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £402 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £427 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 217 | 282 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.59 | £30.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.90 | £32.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.22 | £33.49 |
| 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 Penetration Testing across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.