The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank - - 71
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - 0.107%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £225 £283
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -20.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £16.63 -
% change year-on-year
+155.63% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
566 496 645
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 77.22% 61.01% 68.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 258 354
Average daily rate £360 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 26
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% -18.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Benchmarking
North West

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Benchmarking across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Benchmarking Hourly Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Chester - - - -
Benchmarking
North West