Contract Process & Methodology Skills in Chester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Problem-Solving	3	+9	£521	-7.37%	34 27.42%	50
Load Balancing	6	+3	£500	-4.76%	21 16.94%	3
Project Management	9	+5	£625	-	17 13.71%	17
Agile	9	+8	£625	+4.16%	17 13.71%	52
ITIL	13	-	£190	-	11 8.87%	8
Change Management	15	0	-	-	9 7.26%	9
Customer Service	15	-6	£150	-72.72%	9 7.26%	10
Business Strategy	16	-	£750	-	8 6.45%	7
Incident Response	16	-	£500	-	8 6.45%	7
ITSM	16	-2	£190	-65.45%	8 6.45%	3
Validation	16	-	£550	-	8 6.45%	12
Migration	16	+1	£325	-	8 6.45%	10
Continuous Improvement	16	+1	£475	-	8 6.45%	29
Problem Management	17	-	-	-	7 5.65%	2
Stakeholder Management	17	-1	£625	-	7 5.65%	15
Six Sigma	17	-	-	-	7 5.65%
Analytical Thinking	17	-	£725	-	7 5.65%	3
CI/CD	18	-	£700	-	6 4.84%	33
Data Analytics	18	-8	£475	-2.91%	6 4.84%	6
Analytics	18	-8	£475	-2.91%	6 4.84%	36
User Acceptance Testing	18	-1	£492	-	6 4.84%	3
Risk Management	18	-13	£475	+5.55%	6 4.84%	7
AI	18	-	£475	-	6 4.84%	70
ERP	19	-	£475	-	5 4.03%	11
Stakeholder Engagement	19	-	£625	-	5 4.03%	13
Waterfall	19	-	£625	-	5 4.03%	2
Unit Testing	19	-	£716	-	5 4.03%	6
DevOps	19	-	£525	-	5 4.03%	28
Microservices	19	-3	£725	+76.82%	5 4.03%	14
Malware Detection/Protection	19	-	-	-	5 4.03%	1
Data Loss Prevention	19	-	-	-	5 4.03%	1
Generative AI	19	-	£475	-	5 4.03%	11
Containerisation	20	-	£713	-	4 3.23%	15
Project Delivery	20	-	£575	-	4 3.23%	7
Scaled Agile Framework	20	-	£625	-	4 3.23%
Decision-Making	20	-	£500	-	4 3.23%	24
Compliance Audit	20	-3	£475	-17.39%	4 3.23%	1
Performance Metrics	20	-	-	-	4 3.23%	5
Coaching	20	-3	£525	-	4 3.23%	26
Change Control	20	-3	£625	+13.63%	4 3.23%	2
Time Management	20	-	£513	-	4 3.23%	3
Network Architecture	20	-	£475	-	4 3.23%
Risk Assessment	20	-	£475	-	4 3.23%	2
Computer Science	20	-	£215	-	4 3.23%	22
Programme Management	21	-	£625	-	3 2.42%	1
Strategic Planning	21	-	£625	-	3 2.42%	4
Incident Management	21	-	£500	-	3 2.42%
Scrum	21	-	£575	-	3 2.42%	8
Logistics	21	-4	£715	-	3 2.42%	12
PRINCE2	21	-	£625	-	3 2.42%	2