Computer Science Contracts in Cheshire

Computer Science
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 57 43
Rank change year-on-year +19 -14 0
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 19 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.79% 0.93% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 1.02% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 7
10th Percentile - £473 £432
25th Percentile £158 £506 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £575 £630
Median % change year-on-year -71.30% -8.73% +155.58%
75th Percentile £519 £656 £632
90th Percentile £620 £698 £642
North West median daily rate £500 £465 £603
% change year-on-year +7.53% -22.82% +33.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £52.75 -
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £52.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.27% -18.85% +31.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 423 492 457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.43% 91.28% 86.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 333 262
10th Percentile £277 £275 £219
25th Percentile £400 £389 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £637 £655 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 26
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.97 £10.28
25th Percentile £16.61 £22.97 £15.55
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +29.96% -27.06%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.62
90th Percentile £44.13 £38.80 £60.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington +16 9 £165 -76.43% 5
Macclesfield -15 2 £550 +22.22% 1
Chester +7 1 £725 - 5
Knutsford - 1 £513 -
Ellesmere Port - 1 £130 -
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 3 (15.79%) GCP
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.26%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) BGP
1 3 (15.79%) MPLS
1 3 (15.79%) OSPF
1 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
1 3 (15.79%) Value-Added Service
1 3 (15.79%) VLAN
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
1 3 (15.79%) Wireshark
2 1 (5.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Metadata
General
1 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (10.53%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Publishing
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Author
1 8 (42.11%) Technical Author
2 4 (21.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Data Governance Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Data Governance Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Governance Manager
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Data Manager
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.26%) CRM Manager
5 1 (5.26%) CRM Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Insider Threat
1 1 (5.26%) Life Science
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.26%) Reference Data
1 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) SDLC
2 8 (42.11%) Content Strategy
3 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) Change Management
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Data Management
5 3 (15.79%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (15.79%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (10.53%) Architectural Design
6 2 (10.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (10.53%) Data Governance
6 2 (10.53%) Data Privacy
6 2 (10.53%) Data Science
6 2 (10.53%) Economics
6 2 (10.53%) Informatics
6 2 (10.53%) Quality Management
7 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (5.26%) Ontologies
7 1 (5.26%) SIEM
7 1 (5.26%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Bash
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (73.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (15.79%) CCIE
3 3 (15.79%) CCNP
3 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (15.79%) VCAP
4 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
4 2 (10.53%) PhD
5 1 (5.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
1 9 (47.37%) ServiceNow
2 3 (15.79%) LogicMonitor
2 3 (15.79%) SolarWinds
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
4 1 (5.26%) Proofpoint
4 1 (5.26%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.26%) Symantec
4 1 (5.26%) Zscaler