| Test Analyst |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 59 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.398 % | 1.638 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £294 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £308 | £343 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £289 | £293 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.26 % |
| 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 | £29.25 | £32.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.77 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 930 | 977 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.240 % | 0.988 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 274 | 321 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £346 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 79 | 100 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.92 | £27.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.47 | £29.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.02 | £30.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
