| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.980 % | 1.130 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £309 | £295 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.51 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.26 | £29.82 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.87 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 102 | 177 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.162 % | 0.188 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 50 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £415 | £378 |
| Average daily rate | £448 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £481 | £421 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.33 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -50.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.67 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.14 | £24.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.03 % |
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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 Test Engineer across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
