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The table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads84
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.004 %
As % of the category below22.22 %20.00 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£338
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00-
Average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.87£26.68
% change on same period last year-21.78 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads3620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.020 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£243-
Average daily rate£253-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£263-
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted134
Average minimum hourly rate£29.25£25.00
Average hourly rate£31.22£25.13
% change on same period last year+24.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.19£25.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.44£28.92
% change on same period last year-5.09 %
Internet CheshireInternet
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.

Internet
Demand Trend

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

Chester Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Internet 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 Internet.

15 (50.00 %)Finance
15 (50.00 %)Marketing
24 (40.00 %)Internet Marketing
24 (40.00 %)E-Commerce
33 (30.00 %)Intranet
33 (30.00 %).NET
33 (30.00 %)C#
33 (30.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (30.00 %)Test Scripting
42 (20.00 %)Banking
42 (20.00 %)ISEB
42 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (20.00 %)CRM
51 (10.00 %)C
51 (10.00 %)Project Management
51 (10.00 %)ATM
51 (10.00 %)ISO17799
51 (10.00 %)Microsoft
51 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
51 (10.00 %)Windows
51 (10.00 %)JavaScript
51 (10.00 %)SQL
51 (10.00 %)Oracle
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server
51 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
51 (10.00 %)Migration
51 (10.00 %)CMS
51 (10.00 %)Anite
51 (10.00 %)Information Security
51 (10.00 %)GIS

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %).NET
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (10.00 %)WCF
31 (10.00 %)WF
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)ArcGIS
11 (10.00 %)ArcIMS
11 (10.00 %)CMS
11 (10.00 %)Immediacy CMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (10.00 %)Oracle EBS
11 (10.00 %)Dynamics CRM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)Intranet
21 (10.00 %)ATM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
11 (10.00 %)GIS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Finance
15 (50.00 %)Marketing
22 (20.00 %)Banking
31 (10.00 %)General Ledger
31 (10.00 %)International Banking
31 (10.00 %)Telecoms
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (30.00 %)Tester
22 (20.00 %)Developer
22 (20.00 %).NET Developer
22 (20.00 %)Project Manager
31 (10.00 %)Senior Tester
31 (10.00 %)Systems Support
31 (10.00 %)Applications Support
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)E-Commerce
14 (40.00 %)Internet Marketing
23 (30.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (30.00 %)Test Scripting
32 (20.00 %)CRM
41 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
41 (10.00 %)Digital Marketing
41 (10.00 %)Project Management
41 (10.00 %)Migration
41 (10.00 %)Information Security
41 (10.00 %)Incident Management
41 (10.00 %)Project Planning
41 (10.00 %)Network Load Balancing
41 (10.00 %)Direct Marketing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)C#
21 (10.00 %)JavaScript
21 (10.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)C
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (20.00 %)ISEB
21 (10.00 %)Degree
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)ISO17799
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Oracle
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft
11 (10.00 %)ESRI
11 (10.00 %)Anite