| Tester |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.217 % | 11.96 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £288 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.13 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £21.63 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.25 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.63 | £27.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.29 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 115 | 92 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.185 % | 0.099 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £399 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £446 | £406 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £492 | £441 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.00 | £14.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.75 | £29.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.50 | £43.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.10 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
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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 Salisbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
