| Manual Tester |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.272 % | 0.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | - |
| Average daily rate | £290 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £290 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £247 | £225 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.79 % |
| 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 | £34.00 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 368 | 673 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.486 % | 0.670 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 51 | 82 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £333 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.79 | £30.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.66 | £33.37 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.54 | £36.05 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Manual Tester across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
