System Testing |
| 3 months to 21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 88 | 109 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.229 % | 1.044 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £213 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £225 | £343 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £43.33 | £35.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £46.67 | £38.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | £41.39 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.58 | £31.82 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.03 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1221 | 1532 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.611 % | 1.526 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 376 | 474 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £357 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £405 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 206 | 285 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.62 | £30.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.38 | £32.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.15 | £34.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.30 | £30.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.42 % |
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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 System Testing across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.