 Software Testing |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 65 | 72 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.965 % | 2.733 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.05 | £27.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.73 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 622 | 878 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.999 % | 0.943 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 209 | 370 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £393 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 91 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.59 | £32.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.56 | £33.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.53 | £35.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.24 | £29.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.68 % |
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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 Software Testing across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
