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The table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Application Packaging over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Packaging
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-29
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %2.941 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£299
% change on same period last year+9.46 %
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£34.00£17.75
% change on same period last year+91.54 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads5434
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.037 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£282£342
Average daily rate£293£353
% change on same period last year-16.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£28.50-
Average hourly rate£31.80-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.10-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
Application Packaging CheshireApplication Packaging
Cheshire

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.

Application Packaging
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Chester Application Packaging Demand Trend

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Application Packaging 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 Application Packaging.

11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MSI
11 (100.00 %)VMware
11 (100.00 %)SoftGrid
11 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
11 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (100.00 %)VMware Infrastructure

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Application Packaging 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 Application Packaging. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (100.00 %)SoftGrid
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)MSI
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Applications Specialist
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)VMware