 Financial |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 65 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.105 % | 0.049 % |
| As % of the category below | 67.01 % | 54.22 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £274 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £277 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £319 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.50 | £13.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +226.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £13.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.07 | £27.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.87 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 97 | 83 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.157 % | 0.091 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £272 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £274 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £277 | £309 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.80 | £21.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.30 | £21.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +63.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.80 | £21.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.32 | £26.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.58 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Finance across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
