C |
| 3 months to 5 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 46 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 46 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.075 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.23 % | 5.042 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £415 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £335 | £430 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.67 | £21.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.17 | £24.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +39.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.67 | £27.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.56 | £34.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.29 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 267 | 238 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.436 % | 0.261 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £340 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.83 | £25.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.53 | £27.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.22 | £30.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.08 | £32.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.55 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.