Reference Data
North West > Cheshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reference Data over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 8 Jun 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 50 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Reference Data | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire | - | - | 1.65% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 5.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £561 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £576 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £585 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £525 | - | £550 |
All Generic Skills
Cheshire
Reference Data falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 241 | 168 | 164 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 33.29% | 33.60% | 29.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 171 | 128 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £322 | £313 | £297 |
| 25th Percentile | £393 | £358 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £453 | £449 | £497 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.00% | -9.80% | -0.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £544 | £550 | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £625 | £638 |
| North West median daily rate | £473 | £450 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -9.04% | -1.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.16 | £33.82 | £13.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.51 | £39.85 | £17.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £72.07 | £49.90 | £36.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.42% | +36.71% | +7.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £111.15 | £59.95 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £65.98 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £45.00 | £33.63 | £25.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.81% | +33.19% | -9.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Reference Data relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Reference Data.
