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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Specialist
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£391
% change on same period last year+2.72 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£20.00
% change on same period last year-
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads699747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.141 %0.818 %
Daily rates quoted177144
Average minimum daily rate£299£306
Average daily rate£312£316
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted10374
Average minimum hourly rate£20.85£21.47
Average hourly rate£23.21£22.60
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.57£23.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£23.82
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Applications Specialist North WestApplications Specialist
North West

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.

Applications Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Specialist across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Applications Specialist Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Specialist across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Applications Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Applications Specialist in their job title.

13 (60.00 %)Pharmaceutical
13 (60.00 %)Informatics
13 (60.00 %)Spotfire
21 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (20.00 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
21 (20.00 %)Application Packaging
21 (20.00 %)Finance
21 (20.00 %)VMware
21 (20.00 %)SoftGrid
21 (20.00 %)Oracle
21 (20.00 %)Windows
21 (20.00 %)AIX
21 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (20.00 %)MSI

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)Application Packaging
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Oracle Application Server
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (20.00 %)SoftGrid
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)MSI
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (20.00 %)Finance
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (60.00 %)Informatics
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)AIX
11 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Spotfire
21 (20.00 %)Oracle
21 (20.00 %)VMware