Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the Cheshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5957
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.279 %0.291 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£125
Average daily rate-£138
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£150
UK excluding London average daily rate£417£366
% change on same period last year+14.17 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.09£23.69
% change on same period last year+18.56 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads358344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.584 %0.377 %
Daily rates quoted11175
Average minimum daily rate£302£353
Average daily rate£314£367
% change on same period last year-14.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£379
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted2835
Average minimum hourly rate£23.85£23.96
Average hourly rate£25.51£25.04
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.16£26.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.38£26.52
% change on same period last year+3.24 %
Back Office North WestBack Office
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.

Back Office
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Back Office Demand Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MacclesfieldNew entry-1--
Back Office North WestBack Office
North West

Back Office
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Back Office 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 Back Office.

11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)PHP
11 (50.00 %)ASP
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)Lotus

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)ASP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Flash
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Web Developer
11 (50.00 %)Consultant
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes Consultant
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)PHP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Lotus