 Software Testing |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 94 | 108 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 23 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.023 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.693 % | 1.437 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £270 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £285 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.55 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £31.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.76 | £29.87 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.97 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1155 | 1601 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.524 % | 1.594 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 295 | 365 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 61 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.60 | £26.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.18 | £27.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.76 | £28.98 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.34 | £30.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
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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 Software Testing across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
