 Load Testing |
| 3 months to
8 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 138 | 160 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.250 % | 0.432 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £345 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £51.70 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £51.70 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £51.70 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £51.70 | £38.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2800 | 3472 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.795 % | 3.438 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 937 | 1121 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £366 | £363 |
| Average daily rate | £390 | £382 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £413 | £401 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 321 | 407 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.46 | £29.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.01 | £31.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.55 | £33.05 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.40 | £30.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.08 % |
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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 Load Testing across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
