 Test-Driven Development (TDD) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 163 | 244 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +81 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 327 | 272 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.432 % | 0.271 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.728 % | 1.109 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 211 | 127 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £398 | £494 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £522 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £473 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £417 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £45.53 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £46.61 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £47.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.88 | £41.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.29 % |
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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 TDD across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
