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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Marketing skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Digital Marketing over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Marketing
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank56-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.891 %0.000 %
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£225£385
% change on same period last year-41.55 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£14.06
% change on same period last year-
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads449410
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.733 %0.449 %
Daily rates quoted12987
Average minimum daily rate£330£334
Average daily rate£340£347
% change on same period last year-1.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£373
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Hourly rates quoted5732
Average minimum hourly rate£25.36£27.80
Average hourly rate£26.36£28.34
% change on same period last year-6.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.37£28.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.25£29.44
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
Digital Marketing North WestDigital Marketing
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.

Digital Marketing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Digital Marketing across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire Digital Marketing Demand Trend

Digital Marketing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Marketing within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterNew entry-4--
Digital Marketing North WestDigital Marketing
North West

Digital Marketing
Top 23 Related IT Skills

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

15 (100.00 %)Marketing
23 (60.00 %)Display Advertising
23 (60.00 %)Finance
23 (60.00 %)Advertising
32 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
32 (40.00 %)Fireworks
32 (40.00 %)HTML
32 (40.00 %)Web Design
41 (20.00 %)Degree
41 (20.00 %)Internet Marketing
41 (20.00 %)TeamCity
41 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (20.00 %)Government
41 (20.00 %)Java
41 (20.00 %)Oracle
41 (20.00 %)Photoshop
41 (20.00 %)Struts
41 (20.00 %)Tomcat
41 (20.00 %)Flash
41 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (20.00 %)Internet
41 (20.00 %)Tridion
41 (20.00 %)FreeHand

Digital Marketing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (40.00 %)HTML
21 (20.00 %)Struts
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Tomcat
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (40.00 %)Fireworks
21 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (20.00 %)Photoshop
21 (20.00 %)FreeHand
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)Internet
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
21 (20.00 %)TeamCity
21 (20.00 %)Flash
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (100.00 %)Marketing
23 (60.00 %)Advertising
23 (60.00 %)Finance
31 (20.00 %)Government
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Junior
22 (40.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Web Designer
22 (40.00 %)Junior Web Designer
31 (20.00 %)Junior Developer
31 (20.00 %)Senior Java Developer
31 (20.00 %)Junior Web Developer
31 (20.00 %)Web Developer
31 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
31 (20.00 %)Java Developer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Display Advertising
22 (40.00 %)Web Design
31 (20.00 %)Internet Marketing
31 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Java
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Degree
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Oracle
11 (20.00 %)Tridion