 Microsoft Project |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 31.82 % | 12.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £130 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £140 |
| % change on same period last year | +100.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £150 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £12.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.66 | £28.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 22 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.031 % | 0.016 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £211 | £130 |
| Average daily rate | £211 | £140 |
| % change on same period last year | +50.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £211 | £150 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £293 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.83 | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.00 | £13.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +30.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.17 | £13.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.53 | £19.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.07 % |
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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 MS Project across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.
