| Internet |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 38 | 30 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -8 |  +16 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 11 | 13 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire | 2.584 % | 2.594 % | 1.548 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 11.41 % | 15.94 % | 10.48 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £325 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £340 | £309 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | £7.00 | £35.00 | £44.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.25 | £18.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 149 | 69 | 124 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire | 22.64 % | 16.27 % | 14.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 14 | 31 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £275 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £230 | £121 | £209 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £350 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 6 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £35.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.70 | £21.80 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.50 | £39.40 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
