Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Cheadle

Public Sector
Manchester > Cheadle

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Cheadle. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheadle 25.00% - -
As % of the General category 28.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £623 - -
Manchester median daily rate £425 £480 £550
% change year-on-year -11.46% -12.73% +4.76%

All General Skills
Cheadle

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Cheadle.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheadle 87.50% - 58.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £494 - -
25th Percentile £525 - £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £160
Median % change year-on-year - - -67.87%
75th Percentile £647 - £165
90th Percentile £650 - -
Manchester median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.62 - £61.25
Median hourly rate £16.71 - £62.50
75th Percentile £17.79 - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median hourly rate £22.57 £32.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -30.57% +75.68% -33.54%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheadle

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheadle.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Cheadle

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Cheadle

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheadle citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheadle citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheadle

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Cheadle over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Cheadle

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheadle

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheadle citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheadle citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheadle 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) FMEA
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 26262
2 1 (50.00%) IEC 62304
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Atlassian