Application Support
North West > Cheshire
The median Application Support daily rate in Cheshire is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 70 | 59 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | -12 | +18 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire | 0.30% | 0.19% | 1.02% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.33% | 0.20% | 1.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £358 | £356 | £388 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.56% | -8.13% | -41.51% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £400 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £322 | £325 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.92% | -18.75% | +8.62% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title | 600 | 500 | 343 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 89.55% | 93.46% | 87.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 459 | 286 | 213 |
| 10th Percentile | £283 | £325 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £383 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £446 | £475 | £489 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.11% | -2.86% | +9.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £639 | £606 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.16% | -2.00% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 29 | 23 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £13.49 | £16.57 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £15.29 | £20.07 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.00 | £30.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.14% | +14.60% | +36.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.75 | £43.75 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.25 | £46.75 | £40.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £36.00 | £33.54 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.14% | +7.33% | +40.07% |
Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings that featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Cheshire.
Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Cheshire.
Applications Support
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 Applications Support within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 30 September 2025. 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 | -20 | 1 | £358 | +0.56% | |
| Neston | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Applications Support North West |
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Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire
For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Applications Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Applications Support in the job title.
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Applications Support Skill Set
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: