Regression Testing |
| 3 months to 15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 219 | 237 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 54 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.044 % | 0.056 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.458 % | 0.636 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £397 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £409 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.00 | £51.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.67 | £55.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.33 | £58.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.79 | £41.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6769 | 8495 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 9.647 % | 8.785 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1944 | 2513 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £393 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 648 | 830 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.35 | £28.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.25 | £29.97 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.15 | £31.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.30 | £29.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.54 % |
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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 Regression Testing across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.