Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkClustering
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 below2.703 %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£345£379
% change on same period last year-9.04 %
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£35.50£33.17
% change on same period last year+7.02 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads3726
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.060 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted51
Average minimum daily rate£325£350
Average daily rate£329£350
% change on same period last year-6.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted85
Average minimum hourly rate£25.78£10.17
Average hourly rate£28.28£11.50
% change on same period last year+145.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.78£12.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£25.58
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
Clustering CheshireClustering
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.

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Demand Trend

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

Chester Clustering Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Clustering Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Clustering Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

11 (50.00 %)SSH
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)AIX
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)VMS
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)VERITAS
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 7
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (50.00 %)Mainframe

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)SSH
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 7
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Systems Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Systems Support
21 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Database Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Systems Support Analyst
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Mainframe
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)AIX
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)VMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)VERITAS