Stress Testing |
| 3 months to 13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 121 | 144 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.533 % | 0.102 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £393 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £458 | £448 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.09 % |
| 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 | - | £37.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1876 | 1968 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.653 % | 1.992 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 485 | 475 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £357 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £379 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 183 | 161 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.20 | £26.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.70 | £28.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.21 | £30.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.42 | £29.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
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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 Stress Testing across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.