 System Testing |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 276 | 233 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -43 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 327 | 583 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.465 % | 0.589 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.918 % | 1.245 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 108 | 187 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £360 |
| Average daily rate | £384 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £405 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 36 | 48 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.07 | £29.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.69 | £31.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.31 | £32.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.63 | £31.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 35623 | 46842 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 50.62 % | 47.31 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12906 | 15754 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £386 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £410 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.60 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £440 | £434 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2365 | 3132 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.33 | £28.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.11 | £30.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.89 | £31.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.32 | £30.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.39 % |
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
