| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 34 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.748 % | 0.323 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £264 | £419 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £419 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £336 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.19 % |
| 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 | £30.69 | £31.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.90 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 163 | 310 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.229 % | 0.313 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 52 | 125 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £381 | £391 |
| Average daily rate | £412 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £443 | £406 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 20 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.18 | £25.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.19 | £26.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.20 | £28.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Newbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
