 Web Application Testing in Ruby (WATIR) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 505 | 617 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +112 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.259 % | 0.103 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £217 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5413 | 7775 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.526 % | 8.331 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1727 | 2427 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £348 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £372 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 442 | 657 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.16 | £29.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.15 | £31.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.15 | £32.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.68 | £31.31 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.00 % |
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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 WATIR across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
