| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 30 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.479 % | 0.429 % |
| 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 | £305 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.00 | - |
| 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 | 121 | 233 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.170 % | 0.235 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 69 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £337 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.96 | £18.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.46 | £19.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.96 | £20.44 |
| 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 Newcastle Upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
