Task Automation Contracts in Cheshire

Task Automation
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Task Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Task Automation over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 57 53
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 -13
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.39% 0.57% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.62% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile - £478 £444
25th Percentile £456 £483 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £632
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -20.89% +48.71%
75th Percentile £469 £550 £634
90th Percentile - £565 £645
North West median daily rate £463 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -7.50% -13.04% +39.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Task Automation 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 431 485 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 83.69% 91.51% 87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 322 268
10th Percentile £303 £289 £204
25th Percentile £400 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +9.72% +3.21%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 28 32
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.93 £9.98
25th Percentile £16.67 £22.50 £16.02
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +40.22% +2.49%
75th Percentile £40.88 £35.01 £31.00
90th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £57.13
North West median hourly rate £24.19 £35.02 £23.06
% change year-on-year -30.92% +51.88% +26.48%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in Cheshire

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in Cheshire

Task Automation
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 Task Automation within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 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 1 £463 -15.91%
Task Automation
North West

Task Automation
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 (100.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL