 Unit Testing |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 200 | 250 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +50 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 237 | 268 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.312 % | 0.280 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.333 % | 1.180 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 101 | 90 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £417 | £389 |
| Average daily rate | £446 | £426 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £476 | £463 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.50 | £39.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.42 | £41.77 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.33 | £44.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.38 | £38.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17784 | 22721 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.45 % | 23.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7968 | 8969 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £411 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £441 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £472 | £478 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.22 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 584 | 784 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.65 | £29.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.60 | £31.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.56 | £33.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.28 % |
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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 Unit Testing across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
