 System Testing |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 267 | 231 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -36 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 141 | 301 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.186 % | 0.300 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.745 % | 1.227 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 67 | 105 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £442 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.33 | £33.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.67 | £36.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.00 | £39.67 |
| 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 | 18924 | 24528 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.97 % | 24.43 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8608 | 9608 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £411 | £416 |
| Average daily rate | £442 | £443 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £473 | £470 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 627 | 906 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.18 | £28.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.93 | £30.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.68 | £32.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.34 | £30.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
