| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 48 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.511 % | 0.768 % |
| 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 | £310 | £290 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £13.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £14.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +52.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £16.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.20 | £30.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 587 | 521 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.925 % | 0.558 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 135 | 139 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 37 | 47 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.62 | £19.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.61 | £20.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.59 | £21.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.37 | £24.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.31 % |
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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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
