| Test Analyst |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 57 | 73 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.154 % | 0.255 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £160 |
| Average daily rate | - | £160 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £160 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £288 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.69 | £30.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.02 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 649 | 785 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.029 % | 0.836 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 223 | 280 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £269 |
| Average daily rate | £267 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £283 | £301 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 106 | 151 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.80 | £24.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.01 | £25.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.23 | £26.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.14 | £24.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.03 % |
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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 Analyst across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
