 Performance Testing |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 53 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.163 % | 0.995 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £418 |
| Average daily rate | - | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.10 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.43 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.76 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £43.67 | £42.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.96 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 344 | 402 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.490 % | 0.416 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 118 | 128 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £351 | £360 |
| Average daily rate | £371 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £393 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 63 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.29 | £30.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.19 | £31.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.08 | £32.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.30 | £29.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.54 % |
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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 Performance Testing across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
