| Tester |
| 3 months to
7 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 1.423 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £289 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.61 % |
| 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 | £22.71 | £25.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.21 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 352 | 281 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.703 % | 0.352 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 60 | 65 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £329 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 104 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.48 | £18.45 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.12 | £18.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.76 | £19.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.14 | £23.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.52 % |
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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 Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
