 Computer Science (Computing Science) |
| 3 months to
5 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.167 % | 0.769 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £393 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.10 | £26.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 120 | 130 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.196 % | 0.142 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £301 | £287 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £296 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £330 | £306 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.54 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.81 | £13.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.21 | £14.76 |
| % change on same period last year | +70.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.62 | £16.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £25.49 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.03 % |
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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 Computer Science across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
