| Test Engineer |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 29 | 14 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.885 % | 6.030 % |
| 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 | £292 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.00 | £30.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £30.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.39 | £31.11 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 226 | 199 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.298 % | 0.211 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £327 | £248 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £271 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £295 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 131 | 104 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.00 | £23.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.90 | £24.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.79 | £26.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.28 | £26.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
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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 Portsmouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
