| Tester |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 46 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.827 % | 1.739 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £275 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.00 | £12.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.75 | £13.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +30.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.50 | £14.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.69 | £27.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 602 | 575 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.841 % | 0.578 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 153 | 107 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 100 | 102 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.92 | £15.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.09 | £17.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.79 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.26 | £18.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.74 | £25.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 Tester across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
