IT Strategy Contracts in Cheshire

IT/Technology Strategy
North West > Cheshire

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 60 51
Rank change year-on-year +15 -9 -8
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 12 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.41% 0.19% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 0.21% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile - - £404
25th Percentile £560 £663 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £675 £594
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +13.58% +65.08%
75th Percentile £659 £688 £636
90th Percentile £738 - £639
North West median daily rate £575 £600 £608
% change year-on-year -4.17% -1.23% +24.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

IT Strategy 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 419 485 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.14% 91.34% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 328 260
10th Percentile £275 £275 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% +5.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £638 £660 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 23 28
10th Percentile £13.70 £19.06 £10.43
25th Percentile £16.61 £23.15 £16.02
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +28.59% -21.96%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.05
90th Percentile £44.13 £39.20 £60.03
North West median hourly rate £21.56 £35.50 £20.75
% change year-on-year -39.28% +71.13% +12.14%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in Cheshire

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in Cheshire

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Cheshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in Cheshire

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in Cheshire

IT Strategy
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 IT Strategy within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Knutsford - 8 £570 -
Chester - 3 £725 -
Warrington - 1 - - 1
IT Strategy
North West

IT Strategy
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 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 8 (66.67%) Test Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Commercial Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Business Strategy
2 9 (75.00%) Use Case
3 8 (66.67%) Business Continuity
3 8 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
3 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 8 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 8 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
3 8 (66.67%) Validation
4 3 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 3 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (8.33%) Project Management
6 1 (8.33%) Scrum
6 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) NIST