 HP TestDirector for Quality Center |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 207 | 111 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -96 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 505 | 1330 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.673 % | 1.346 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.996 % | 16.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 231 | 508 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £356 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £390 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £307 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 31 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.97 | £34.74 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.23 | £36.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.50 | £38.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.23 | £33.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.79 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6316 | 8029 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.419 % | 8.123 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2121 | 2479 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £362 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £387 | £401 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 460 | 572 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.88 | £31.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.90 | £34.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.92 | £36.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.89 | £34.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.63 % |
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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 TestDirector across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
