Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Billing' 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 Billing over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBilling
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-56
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.581 %
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£396£368
% change on same period last year+7.47 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£15.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£21.12
% change on same period last year+32.54 %
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 %
Billing North WestBilling
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.

Billing
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Billing Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Top 13 Related IT Skills

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

12 (66.67 %)CRM
12 (66.67 %)Telecoms
21 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)Replication
21 (33.33 %)Banking
21 (33.33 %)General Ledger
21 (33.33 %)iSeries
21 (33.33 %)IBM
21 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (33.33 %)AS400
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)SAP
21 (33.33 %)AIX

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Telecoms
21 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)Banking
21 (33.33 %)General Ledger
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Systems Administrator
11 (33.33 %)Support Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Administrator
11 (33.33 %)Operations Analyst
11 (33.33 %)AS400 Support
11 (33.33 %)Qualified Accountant
11 (33.33 %)AIX Administrator
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)AS400
11 (33.33 %)Replication
11 (33.33 %)iSeries
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)AIX
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)CRM
21 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle
11 (33.33 %)SAP
11 (33.33 %)IBM