| Electronic Business (eBusiness) |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 102 | 93 | 123 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -9 |  +30 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 0.133 % | 0.308 % | 0.354 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.240 % | 0.577 % | 0.798 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £550 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £320 | £450 | £360 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £360 | £650 | £440 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £400 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £57.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.00 | £30.00 | £12.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category | 1250 | 1214 | 1755 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 55.51 % | 53.48 % | 44.40 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 588 | 353 | 457 |
| Average daily rate | £285 | £360 | £347 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £180 | £225 | £212 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £421 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £363 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 80 | 106 | 128 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | £22.00 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.15 | £12.36 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.00 | £33.40 | £41.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.00 | £27.50 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
