| Manual Tester |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.388 % | 0.167 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £230 | - |
| Average daily rate | £248 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £265 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £247 | £231 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.78 % |
| 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 | £34.00 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 515 | 599 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.696 % | 0.591 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 112 | 136 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £323 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £309 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 55 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.51 | £23.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.52 | £23.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.53 | £24.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Manual Tester across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
