Unit Testing |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 57 | 68 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.285 % | 1.468 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £55.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £60.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.75 | £37.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 569 | 613 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.801 % | 0.619 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 160 | 256 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £363 | £364 |
| Average daily rate | £390 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £417 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 47 | 74 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.05 | £30.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.03 | £32.47 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.01 | £34.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.44 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
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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 Unit Testing across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.