Consultant Contract Job Trends in Alderley Edge

Consultant
Cheshire > Alderley Edge

The median Consultant daily rate in Alderley Edge is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Alderley Edge 25.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £580 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
75th Percentile £640 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £600 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +11.63% +2.38% -2.78%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Alderley Edge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Alderley Edge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Alderley Edge with a recognized job title 4 7 0
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £424 -
25th Percentile £400 £426 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% - -
75th Percentile £535 £503 -
90th Percentile £598 £546 -
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £447 £475
% change year-on-year +1.73% -5.89% -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Alderley Edge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Alderley Edge.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Alderley Edge

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Alderley Edge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Alderley Edge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Alderley Edge

Consultant Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Alderley Edge

For the 6 months to 9 May 2026, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Alderley Edge region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Alderley Edge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian