 Manual Testing |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 60 | 69 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.241 % | 0.824 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £300 |
| Average daily rate | - | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £304 | £293 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.78 % |
| 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 | £28.72 | £23.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 415 | 607 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.584 % | 0.613 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 133 | 125 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £306 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.83 | £26.70 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.74 | £28.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.65 | £30.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.44 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
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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 Manual Testing across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
