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The table below looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) 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 CMS over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContent Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2528
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads74
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.004 %
As % of the category below20.59 %10.81 %
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£311£320
% change on same period last year-2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£20.08-
Average hourly rate£20.95-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£21.83-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.77£25.01
% change on same period last year-8.98 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads3437
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.040 %
Daily rates quoted411
Average minimum daily rate£305£228
Average daily rate£308£240
% change on same period last year+28.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£252
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.56 %
Hourly rates quoted151
Average minimum hourly rate£29.30£40.00
Average hourly rate£31.59£40.00
% change on same period last year-21.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.87£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.12£23.79
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
CMS CheshireCMS
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.

CMS
Demand Trend

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

Chester CMS Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the Chester region over the 3 months to 19 November 2008.

Chester CMS Hourly Rate Histogram

CMS
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing CMS 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 CMS.

14 (50.00 %)PBX
14 (50.00 %)Avaya
23 (37.50 %)Content Management
23 (37.50 %)HTML
32 (25.00 %)PHP
32 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
32 (25.00 %)Avaya Certification
32 (25.00 %)MySQL
32 (25.00 %)CSS
32 (25.00 %)XML
32 (25.00 %)Flash
32 (25.00 %)Google
41 (12.50 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (12.50 %)WCF
41 (12.50 %)WF
41 (12.50 %)Immediacy CMS
41 (12.50 %)Publishing
41 (12.50 %)Migration
41 (12.50 %)Web Design
41 (12.50 %)CRM
41 (12.50 %)SQL Server
41 (12.50 %)Photoshop
41 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
41 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
41 (12.50 %)Intranet
41 (12.50 %)Internet
41 (12.50 %)C#
41 (12.50 %).NET

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing CMS 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (37.50 %)HTML
22 (25.00 %)CSS
22 (25.00 %)XML
31 (12.50 %)WCF
31 (12.50 %)WF
31 (12.50 %).NET
31 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)Immediacy CMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (12.50 %)Photoshop
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (12.50 %)Dynamics CRM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (50.00 %)PBX
21 (12.50 %)Intranet
21 (12.50 %)Internet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)MySQL
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Flash
21 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Publishing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Telephony Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Developer
31 (12.50 %).NET Developer
31 (12.50 %)Web Editor
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)Content Management
22 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (12.50 %)Migration
31 (12.50 %)Web Design
31 (12.50 %)CRM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)PHP
21 (12.50 %)C#
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (25.00 %)Avaya Certification
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (50.00 %)Avaya
22 (25.00 %)Google