Knutsford Programmer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts within the Knutsford region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	-	6
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	5.882 %
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	£309	£302
% change on same period last year	+2.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.75	£33.89
% change on same period last year	+2.54 %
Job Titles Knutsford
Matching contract IT job ads	55	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.073 %	0.017 %
Daily rates quoted	15	14
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£349
Average daily rate	£396	£366
% change on same period last year	+8.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.50	-
Average hourly rate	£41.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
Programmer 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Programmer across the Knutsford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region that cited Programmer in their job title 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 with Programmer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Management 1 1 (100.00 %) Education 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region that cited Programmer in their job title 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 with Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Education	Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) PRINCE2 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Management	Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree