 Performance Testing |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 43 | 45 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.099 % | 1.081 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £450 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £600 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £750 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £370 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.04 % |
| 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 | £39.26 | £37.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.69 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 364 | 370 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.485 % | 0.374 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 96 | 93 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.44 | £38.64 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.44 | £39.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.44 | £40.07 |
| 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 Performance Testing across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
