 Test-Driven Development (TDD) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 68 | 68 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.768 % | 0.671 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £350 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.60 | £40.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 521 | 447 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.737 % | 0.452 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 143 | 111 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £335 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £378 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 48 | 51 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.73 | £23.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.45 | £26.02 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.18 | £28.12 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.42 | £29.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
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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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
