Digital & IT Contractor Job Market in Cheshire

Contract Job Market Index in Cheshire

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£474	+8.96%	199 26.01%	117
Finance	2	No change0	£525	+16.99%	177 23.14%	75
Microsoft	3	Up 1 place+1	£450	+4.34%	147 19.22%	88
Stakeholder Management	4	Up 6 places+6	£475	-0.10%	133 17.39%	56
Problem-Solving	5	Down 2 places-2	£411	-9.12%	116 15.16%	84
Analyst	6	Up 5 places+5	£413	+3.25%	105 13.73%	37
Continuous Improvement	7	Up 15 places+15	£470	+5.14%	102 13.33%	78
Azure	8	Up 10 places+10	£475	-	100 13.07%	48
Security Cleared	9	No change0	£525	-16.00%	89 11.63%	34
Windows	10	Up 5 places+5	£325	-8.19%	86 11.24%	26
Agile	11	Down 6 places-6	£475	+7.84%	85 11.11%	53
Python	12	Up 7 places+7	£525	+38.15%	83 10.85%	41
Banking	13	Down 6 places-6	£467	+5.89%	80 10.46%	16
Cybersecurity	14	Up 32 places+32	£472	-2.88%	79 10.33%	46
Analytical Skills	15	Down 9 places-9	£467	+3.15%	78 10.20%	52
Degree	16	Up 6 places+6	£523	+22.33%	68 8.89%	79
ServiceNow	17	Up 10 places+10	£313	-27.20%	67 8.76%	11
Customer Service	17	Up 23 places+23	£307	+100.98%	67 8.76%	30
AI	17	Up 25 places+25	£525	+17.44%	67 8.76%	80
Migration	18	Down 4 places-4	£474	+5.33%	66 8.63%	19
Change Management	19	Up 9 places+9	£519	+21.90%	65 8.50%	14
Lead	19	Up 17 places+17	£550	+20.87%	65 8.50%	66
ITIL	20	Up 8 places+8	£446	+11.36%	61 7.97%	18
Data Protection	20	Up 43 places+43	£474	+6.81%	61 7.97%	5
CI/CD	20	Down 6 places-6	£520	+19.54%	61 7.97%	36
SC Cleared	21	Down 2 places-2	£511	-24.37%	60 7.84%	26
Microsoft 365	22	Up 6 places+6	£313	+37.58%	58 7.58%	19
PowerShell	23	Up 29 places+29	£463	+27.54%	56 7.32%	7
Security Engineer	23	Up 36 places+36	£475	-5.47%	56 7.32%	8
AWS	24	Down 16 places-16	£495	+13.79%	54 7.06%	23
SQL	25	Up 5 places+5	£516	+20.05%	53 6.93%	32
Validation	26	Up 16 places+16	£446	-16.40%	52 6.80%	31
Project Delivery	27	Up 12 places+12	£500	+12.67%	51 6.67%	21
Stakeholder Engagement	27	Up 14 places+14	£475	-3.45%	51 6.67%	18
Analytics	28	Up 9 places+9	£550	+38.88%	50 6.54%	47
Service Management	29	Up 13 places+13	£455	-0.32%	49 6.41%	14
Manufacturing	29	Up 28 places+28	£513	-7.86%	49 6.41%	66
Incident Response	30	Up 13 places+13	£475	+9.82%	48 6.27%	17
Architect	30	Down 5 places-5	£530	+1.62%	48 6.27%	19
Consultant	31	Down 13 places-13	£450	-30.12%	47 6.14%	21
DevOps	32	Down 18 places-18	£475	+13.31%	46 6.01%	34
Active Directory	33	Down 9 places-9	£325	+3.17%	45 5.88%	10
SAP	34	Down 22 places-22	£550	-18.03%	44 5.75%	20
Firewall	34	Up 5 places+5	£538	+16.21%	44 5.75%	7
SIEM	35	Up 30 places+30	£569	+28.95%	43 5.62%	5
Linux	35	Down 4 places-4	£525	+46.23%	43 5.62%	16
Senior	35	Up 6 places+6	£525	-7.59%	43 5.62%	79
Developer	36	Down 16 places-16	£500	+33.33%	42 5.49%	20
Infrastructure Engineering	37	Up 35 places+35	£474	+45.84%	40 5.23%	11
Splunk	38	Up 11 places+11	£550	+22.22%	39 5.10%	6