 User Acceptance Testing (UAT) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 72 | 82 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1393 | 1773 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.857 % | 1.794 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.661 % | 3.835 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 575 | 792 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £390 | £394 |
| Average daily rate | £416 | £415 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £442 | £437 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 35 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.56 | £21.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.06 | £22.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.56 | £23.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.64 | £21.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.75 % |
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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 User Acceptance Testing across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
