Cheshire Ascential Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ascential products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ascential over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Birmingham Cheshire Edinburgh England Hampshire Scotland South East Southampton UK West Midlands	3 months to 5 Dec 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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UK excluding London average daily rate	£500	£239
% change on same period last year	+109.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
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Vendors Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	310	360
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.506 %	0.394 %
Daily rates quoted	85	93
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£316
Average daily rate	£325	£330
% change on same period last year	-1.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£332	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	61	30
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.72	£23.49
Average hourly rate	£24.09	£23.96
% change on same period last year	+0.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.46	£24.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.95	£23.82
% change on same period last year	+0.54 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Ascential Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Ascential also 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 that cited Ascential.

1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle 1 1 (100.00 %) Cognos 1 1 (100.00 %) DataStage 1 1 (100.00 %) Health 1 1 (100.00 %) Cognos Planning

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Ascential also 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 that cited Ascential. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) Cognos Planning	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (100.00 %) DataStage
General 1 1 (100.00 %) Health	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) DBA 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle DBA
Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle 1 1 (100.00 %) Cognos