 HP TestDirector for Quality Center |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 127 | 116 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 138 | 230 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.182 % | 0.229 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.32 % | 15.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 57 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £323 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £368 | £365 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.85 | £17.70 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.42 | £19.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.00 | £20.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.78 | £27.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1219 | 1529 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.609 % | 1.523 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 333 | 400 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £337 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 115 | 191 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.27 | £33.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.28 | £35.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.29 | £37.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
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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 TestDirector across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
