| Test Analyst |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 65 | 88 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 44 | 38 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.088 % | 0.048 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.849 % | 1.101 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £245 | £295 |
| Average daily rate | £248 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £251 | £313 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £28.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.72 | £30.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.55 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2380 | 3450 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.771 % | 4.316 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 523 | 707 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £332 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 343 | 427 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.13 | £18.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.92 | £20.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.71 | £22.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.16 | £23.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.47 % |
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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 Analyst across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
