 Test-Driven Development (TDD) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 69 | 87 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.322 % | 0.911 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.78 | £35.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.98 % |
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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 TDD across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
