 Test-Driven Development (TDD) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 232 | 331 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +99 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 465 | 395 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.629 % | 0.390 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.156 % | 0.779 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 276 | 142 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £364 | £474 |
| Average daily rate | £395 | £497 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £427 | £520 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £417 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 44 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £42.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.94 | £43.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.88 | £45.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.94 | £41.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.70 % |
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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 TDD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
