 User Acceptance Testing (UAT) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 64 | 65 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 752 | 1111 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.002 % | 1.124 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.085 % | 4.629 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 340 | 515 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £430 | £426 |
| Average daily rate | £460 | £452 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £490 | £478 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.11 | £24.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.17 | £26.02 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.22 | £27.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.64 | £21.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18407 | 24000 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.54 % | 24.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8300 | 9424 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £412 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £443 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £474 | £479 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 597 | 831 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.66 | £29.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.45 | £31.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.24 | £33.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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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 User Acceptance Testing across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
