| Release Analyst |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.515 % | 1.087 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £399 | £305 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.00 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.67 | £18.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.33 | £18.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.10 | £18.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 198 | 184 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.320 % | 0.201 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 27 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £266 | £273 |
| Average daily rate | £269 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £272 | £288 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 55 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.31 | £26.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.68 | £26.82 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.05 | £27.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.16 | £23.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.40 % |
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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 Release Analyst across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
