Cheshire VxWorks Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Wind River VxWorks skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VxWorks over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Wind River VxWorks
Location Berkshire Bracknell Bristol Cheshire East of England England Greenford Hampshire Hertfordshire Leatherhead London Middlesex North West South East South West Staines Stevenage Surrey Thames Valley UK Uxbridge West Midlands West Yorkshire Wimbledon Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
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Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.63	£36.84
% change on same period last year	+2.14 %
Operating Systems Cheshire
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 %
VxWorks 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.

VxWorks
Demand Trend

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

VxWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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