SDLC Contracts in Cheshire

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 51 43
Rank change year-on-year +20 -8 -4
Contract jobs citing SDLC 27 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 5.33% 2.08% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.31% 2.27% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 7 11
10th Percentile - £390 £362
25th Percentile £158 £473 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £625 £413
Median % change year-on-year -37.60% +51.52% +26.92%
75th Percentile £488 £680 £506
90th Percentile £624 £682 £595
North West median daily rate £450 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +22.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

SDLC 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 428 484 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.42% 91.49% 86.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 328 263
10th Percentile £276 £275 £214
25th Percentile £400 £397 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% +5.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £632 £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 26
10th Percentile £13.70 £19.06 £10.28
25th Percentile £16.61 £23.15 £15.55
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +29.96% -22.79%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.62
90th Percentile £44.13 £39.20 £60.88
North West median hourly rate £21.56 £35.00 £20.49
% change year-on-year -38.41% +70.82% +10.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in Cheshire

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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 SDLC within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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 +16 12 £423 -37.87% 2
Warrington +12 10 £165 -63.33% 2
Chester - 2 £725 - 11
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North West

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) Mule
Applications
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) AWS
2 5 (18.52%) Azure
3 3 (11.11%) SaaS
4 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Functions
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (7.41%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) DB2
3 2 (7.41%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (7.41%) Big Data
3 2 (7.41%) Hadoop
3 2 (7.41%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
1 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
1 2 (7.41%) Liquibase
1 2 (7.41%) Log4j
1 2 (7.41%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Banking
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Front Office
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Author
1 8 (29.63%) Technical Author
2 6 (22.22%) Architect
2 6 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Scrum Master
4 4 (14.81%) Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Security Consultant
5 3 (11.11%) Developer
6 2 (7.41%) AWS Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Java Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Lead
6 2 (7.41%) Principal Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Principal Security Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Developer
7 1 (3.70%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Lead C# Developer
7 1 (3.70%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) .NET
2 4 (14.81%) React
2 4 (14.81%) REST
3 2 (7.41%) .NET Core
3 2 (7.41%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.41%) Entity Framework
3 2 (7.41%) Hibernate
3 2 (7.41%) Kafka
3 2 (7.41%) Middleware
3 2 (7.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (11.11%) Mainframe
2 3 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 3 (11.11%) Virtual Team
3 2 (7.41%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Android
1 3 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Agile
2 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 8 (29.63%) Content Strategy
4 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.93%) Scrum
5 6 (22.22%) Microservices
6 5 (18.52%) Agile Coaching
6 5 (18.52%) Architectural Design
6 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
6 5 (18.52%) Project Management
6 5 (18.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
7 4 (14.81%) Cost Reduction
7 4 (14.81%) Information Security
7 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
8 3 (11.11%) API Design
8 3 (11.11%) Containerisation
8 3 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
8 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Java
2 3 (11.11%) C
3 2 (7.41%) C#
3 2 (7.41%) SQL
4 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Degree
2 9 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.41%) PMP
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 3 (11.11%) NIST
1 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.70%) SEPA
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
1 8 (29.63%) ServiceNow
2 5 (18.52%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.41%) Databricks
3 2 (7.41%) Teradata