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The table below looks at the demand for N-Tier skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkN-Tier
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2729
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.882 %6.667 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£335-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£369-
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£396
% change on same period last year-21.60 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.00£34.47
% change on same period last year+7.33 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads3430
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted100
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£337-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£348-
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£26.43£11.92
Average hourly rate£27.57£13.28
% change on same period last year+107.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.71£14.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£26.20
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
N-Tier CheshireN-Tier
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.

N-Tier
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing N-Tier across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Chester N-Tier Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing N-Tier across the Chester region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Chester N-Tier Daily Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
15 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (80.00 %)C#
33 (60.00 %)SQL
33 (60.00 %)Transact-SQL
33 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
33 (60.00 %)SOAP
33 (60.00 %)WebServices
33 (60.00 %)XML
33 (60.00 %)OO
33 (60.00 %)Microsoft
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (40.00 %)CRM
51 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (20.00 %)QA
51 (20.00 %)C
51 (20.00 %)Change Management
51 (20.00 %)Finance
51 (20.00 %)WinForms
51 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (20.00 %)Windows

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (60.00 %)SOAP
23 (60.00 %)WebServices
23 (60.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)WinForms
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Programmer
24 (80.00 %)Analyst
24 (80.00 %)Analyst Programmer
32 (40.00 %).NET Programmer
41 (20.00 %)C# Analyst Programmer
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server Analyst
41 (20.00 %).NET Analyst Programmer
41 (20.00 %)Server Analyst
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)OO
22 (40.00 %)CRM
31 (20.00 %)Change Management
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)C#
23 (60.00 %)SQL
23 (60.00 %)Transact-SQL
31 (20.00 %)C
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)QA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft