 Test Scripting (Test Scripts) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 117 | 97 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 949 | 1515 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.265 % | 1.533 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.494 % | 3.277 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 392 | 523 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £332 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £359 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £386 | £371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 29 | 78 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.11 | £30.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.35 | £32.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.59 | £34.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.81 | £30.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 38050 | 46228 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 50.72 % | 46.77 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14139 | 15557 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £390 | £394 |
| Average daily rate | £417 | £419 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £445 | £444 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2240 | 2855 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.15 | £28.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.92 | £30.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.69 | £32.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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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 Test Scripting across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
