 Performance Testing |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 108 | 123 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.146 % | 1.047 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £301 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £309 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £44.02 | £40.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.61 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1832 | 2005 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.476 % | 1.977 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 462 | 540 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £339 |
| Average daily rate | £362 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 162 | 136 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.62 | £25.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.34 | £27.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.06 | £29.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.41 | £30.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
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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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
