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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSage
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6261
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.505 %0.773 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£313
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£364
% change on same period last year+3.46 %
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£20.33£27.25
% change on same period last year-25.38 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads396388
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.528 %0.387 %
Daily rates quoted108103
Average minimum daily rate£331£309
Average daily rate£347£322
% change on same period last year+7.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£359
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted6029
Average minimum hourly rate£22.27£21.79
Average hourly rate£24.02£22.63
% change on same period last year+6.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.76£23.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.10£24.81
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Sage North WestSage
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sage Group PLC.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Sage across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheshire Sage Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Sage Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sage across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Sage Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Sage 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 Sage.

12 (100.00 %)VB.NET
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)Project Management
12 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Web Development
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Health
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Sage 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 Sage. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Health
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %).NET Developer
12 (100.00 %)VB.NET Developer
21 (50.00 %)Lead Software Developer
21 (50.00 %)Lead Developer
21 (50.00 %)Software Developer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Project Management
21 (50.00 %)Web Development
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)VB.NET
21 (50.00 %)SQL