| Quality Assurance Test Analyst |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 33 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.020 % | 1.250 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £328 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| 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 | - | £15.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 198 | 240 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.277 % | 0.241 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 102 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £306 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £332 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 39 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.04 | £18.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.55 | £19.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.06 | £21.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.74 | £25.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 QA Test Analyst across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
