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The table below looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ATM over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank30-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.448 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£246£344
% change on same period last year-28.53 %
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£19.46£24.78
% change on same period last year-21.47 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads2915
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£275£300
Average daily rate£278£317
% change on same period last year-12.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£282£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£336
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted122
Average minimum hourly rate£26.09£36.25
Average hourly rate£27.41£36.25
% change on same period last year-24.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.74£36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£28.32
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
ATM CheshireATM
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.

ATM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ATM across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Chester ATM Demand Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester ATM Daily Rate Trend

ATM
Top 9 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)Banking
11 (100.00 %)Incident Management
11 (100.00 %)Marketing
11 (100.00 %)Internet Marketing
11 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (100.00 %)Test Scripting

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)Internet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Banking
11 (100.00 %)Marketing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Tester
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (100.00 %)Incident Management
11 (100.00 %)Internet Marketing
11 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C