The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Chester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Automotive 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £406 £340
% change year-on-year
-13.84% +19.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
All of the General Category
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
43 21 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 32.82% 18.75% 31.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 15
Average daily rate £250 £375 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +5.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £172 £350 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £478 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
Average hourly rate £41.54 - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Automotive
Cheshire