Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkESRI ArcGIS
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£338£181
% change on same period last year+86.20 %
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£16.67£16.58
% change on same period last year+0.54 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads3130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted27
Average minimum daily rate£278£264
Average daily rate£281£281
% change on same period last year+0.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£297
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.18 %
Hourly rates quoted132
Average minimum hourly rate£23.91£40.00
Average hourly rate£26.35£40.00
% change on same period last year-34.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.79£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.86£23.41
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
ArcGIS CheshireArcGIS
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.

ArcGIS
Demand Trend

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

Chester ArcGIS Demand Trend

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester ArcGIS Hourly Rate Trend

ArcGIS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)GIS
12 (100.00 %)ESRI
21 (50.00 %)ArcIMS
21 (50.00 %)ArcSDE
21 (50.00 %)Data Analysis
21 (50.00 %)NLPG
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)Network Load Balancing
21 (50.00 %)QMS
21 (50.00 %)Data Conversion
21 (50.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Intranet
21 (50.00 %)Internet
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript

ArcGIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)ArcIMS
11 (50.00 %)ArcSDE
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Intranet
11 (50.00 %)Internet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)GIS
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Systems Support
11 (50.00 %)Applications Support
11 (50.00 %)Data Manager
11 (50.00 %)GIS Manager
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)NLPG
11 (50.00 %)Data Conversion
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Data Analysis
11 (50.00 %)Network Load Balancing
11 (50.00 %)QMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)ESRI
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft