| Tester |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 82 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +33 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 55 | 46 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.077 % | 0.046 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.523 % | 1.340 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £255 | £241 |
| Average daily rate | £269 | £244 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £284 | £247 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £20.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.85 | £26.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2180 | 3434 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.069 % | 3.470 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 475 | 665 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £340 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 171 | 239 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.78 | £19.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £20.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.22 | £21.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
