| VMS |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 56 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.835 % | 0.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £374 | £388 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.17 | £29.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.93 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 218 | 215 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.288 % | 0.214 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 57 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £369 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £397 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £426 | £337 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.98 | £28.34 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.89 | £30.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -37.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.80 | £32.16 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.12 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
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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 VMS across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
