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The table below looks at the demand for Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) 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 DMZ over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDemilitarized Zone (DMZ)
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 below3.448 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£255-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£260-
UK excluding London average daily rate£298£280
% change on same period last year+6.56 %
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£35.63£39.17
% change on same period last year-9.04 %
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£336
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted122
Average minimum hourly rate£26.09£36.25
Average hourly rate£27.41£36.25
% change on same period last year-24.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.74£36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£28.32
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
DMZ CheshireDMZ
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.

DMZ
Demand Trend

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

Chester DMZ Demand Trend

DMZ
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester DMZ Daily Rate Trend

DMZ
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Apache
11 (100.00 %)Tomcat
11 (100.00 %)SSL
11 (100.00 %)SLA
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)Middleware
11 (100.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)Load Balancing
11 (100.00 %)FMCG

DMZ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)Middleware
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)Apache
11 (100.00 %)Tomcat
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)SSL
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)FMCG
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Analyst
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Linux
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Load Balancing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (100.00 %)SLA
11 (100.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle