 System Testing |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 39 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.073 % | 1.418 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £330 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £367 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.14 % |
| 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 | £30.84 | £33.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 193 | 141 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.257 % | 0.143 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 59 | 44 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £349 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £399 | £366 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.40 | £23.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.67 | £27.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.93 | £30.43 |
| 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 System Testing across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
