Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Dell products and/or services in IT contracts within the Chester region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Dell over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDell
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3028
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.247 %1.075 %
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£175£243
% change on same period last year-28.04 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.96£17.88
% change on same period last year+0.44 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads8993
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.102 %
Daily rates quoted1214
Average minimum daily rate£267£258
Average daily rate£269£268
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£270£279
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£348
% change on same period last year+2.30 %
Hourly rates quoted337
Average minimum hourly rate£22.57£27.50
Average hourly rate£23.69£27.60
% change on same period last year-14.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.81£27.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.95£23.82
% change on same period last year+0.54 %
Dell CheshireDell
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Dell, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

Chester Dell Demand 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 Dell across the Chester region.

Chester Dell Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 23 Related IT Skills

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

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
21 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (50.00 %)SCCM
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Oracle Reports
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (50.00 %)TOAD
21 (50.00 %)Crystal Enterprise
21 (50.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)HP
21 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects
21 (50.00 %)Citrix
21 (50.00 %)SAN
21 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)Business Objects

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)SAN
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)Oracle Reports
11 (50.00 %)TOAD
11 (50.00 %)Crystal Enterprise
11 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
11 (50.00 %)Systems Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Systems Support
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Administrator
11 (50.00 %)Systems Support Engineer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (50.00 %)AIX
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 (50.00 %)SCCM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Business Objects
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)HP
11 (50.00 %)Citrix