Chester ECDL Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) in IT contracts within the Chester region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ECDL over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Location Bury Chester Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Manchester North West Poole South East South West UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£187	£157
% change on same period last year	+19.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£10.50	£12.50
% change on same period last year	-16.00 %
Qualifications Chester
Matching contract IT job ads	28	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.012 %
Daily rates quoted	2	3
Average minimum daily rate	£262	£255
Average daily rate	£262	£255
% change on same period last year	+2.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£262	£255
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.55	-
Average hourly rate	£26.08	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.61	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.18	£25.30
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
ECDL 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 ECDL across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing ECDL 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 ECDL.

1 1 (100.00 %) MS Office 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (100.00 %) Health 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Protection

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing ECDL 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 ECDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) MS Office	General 1 1 (100.00 %) Health
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Protection	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft