 Quality Assurance (QA) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 112 | 114 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 489 | 692 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.652 % | 0.700 % |
| As % of the category below | 38.75 % | 30.31 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 189 | 254 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £369 | £387 |
| Average daily rate | £402 | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £436 | £441 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 31 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.38 | £31.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.54 | £34.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.69 | £37.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.07 | £30.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.79 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1262 | 2283 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.682 % | 2.310 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 520 | 998 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £390 | £415 |
| Average daily rate | £420 | £444 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £451 | £472 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 70 | 116 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.37 | £24.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.75 | £26.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.62 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.14 | £28.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.31 | £24.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 QA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
