| Migration |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 17 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.594 % | 16.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £260 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £296 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £364 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.25 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.75 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.37 | £28.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 143 | 106 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.231 % | 0.116 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £268 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £294 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 38 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.98 | £31.21 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.06 | £31.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.14 | £31.21 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.30 | £29.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.31 % |
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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 Migration across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
