The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognizant products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognizant over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognizant
Rank - - 70
Contract jobs citing Cognizant 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - 0.302%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate - £300 £400
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
363 463 489
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 50.28% 57.30% 49.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 230 262
Average daily rate £373 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.92% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £285 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £493 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 11 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £15.75 £12.46
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.09% +26.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £14.00 £8.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognizant
North West

Cognizant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Cognizant Jobs Demand Trend

Cognizant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Cognizant Daily Rate Trend