 Software Testing |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 250 | 299 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +49 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 382 | 442 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.534 % | 0.444 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.053 % | 0.937 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 125 | 154 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £344 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.43 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 30 | 53 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.97 | £26.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.96 | £28.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.96 | £30.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.00 | £28.99 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 36284 | 47160 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 50.69 % | 47.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13137 | 15832 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £386 | £386 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £410 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £435 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2395 | 3151 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.32 | £28.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.12 | £30.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.92 | £32.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.30 | £30.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.20 % |
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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 Software Testing across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
