The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Music in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Music 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 terms in our General category 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Music
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Music 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £329 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.54% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £96.75 - -
All of the General Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
306 342 512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 42.38% 42.33% 51.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 226 362
Average daily rate £370 £374 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.06% +15.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £293 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 13
Average hourly rate £40.29 £26.15 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.05% -12.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.11 £10.11 £9.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £31.00 £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Music
North West