| Tester |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.977 % | 2.525 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £205 | - |
| Average daily rate | £205 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £205 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.67 % |
| 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 | £28.69 | £27.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 354 | 594 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.495 % | 0.597 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 52 | 60 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £347 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 36 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.32 | £32.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.43 | £35.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.55 | £38.71 |
| 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 Tester across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
