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The table below looks at the demand for Broadband 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 Broadband over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-27
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %13.33 %
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£313£368
% change on same period last year-14.80 %
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£16.12£14.25
% change on same period last year+13.05 %
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£337
% change on same period last year+2.29 %
Hourly rates quoted122
Average minimum hourly rate£26.58£36.25
Average hourly rate£28.52£36.25
% change on same period last year-21.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.46£36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.83£28.22
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Broadband CheshireBroadband
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.

Broadband
Demand Trend

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

Chester Broadband Demand Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Citrix Certification
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (50.00 %)Avaya
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)EIGRP
11 (50.00 %)Government
11 (50.00 %)IP Telephony
11 (50.00 %)Local Government
11 (50.00 %)PDA
11 (50.00 %)VLAN
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
11 (50.00 %)EIGRP
11 (50.00 %)IP Telephony
11 (50.00 %)VLAN
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Government
11 (50.00 %)Local Government
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support
11 (50.00 %)IT Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Lead Network Engineer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)PDA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Citrix Certification
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Avaya