HP TestDirector for Quality Center |
| 3 months to 21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 47 | 50 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.75 % | 7.299 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £461 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £463 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £465 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £40.63 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.25 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.78 | £27.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 53 | 137 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.070 % | 0.136 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £427 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £424 | £473 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.64 | £32.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.41 | £33.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.18 | £34.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.