 System Testing |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 293 | 252 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -41 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 338 | 603 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.457 % | 0.595 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.840 % | 1.189 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 125 | 181 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £362 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £415 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 34 | 58 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.56 | £30.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.80 | £32.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.04 | £34.01 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.47 | £32.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40230 | 50697 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 54.38 % | 49.99 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14715 | 16862 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £386 | £390 |
| Average daily rate | £414 | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £438 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2461 | 3255 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.41 | £28.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.24 | £30.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.07 | £31.97 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.41 | £30.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing System Testing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
