Auto-Scaling Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Auto-Scaling
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Auto-Scaling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Auto-Scaling 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £531 £475 £713
% change year-on-year +11.84% -33.33% +29.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Auto-Scaling falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 575 393 401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.42% 89.93% 87.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 226 258
10th Percentile £275 £298 £276
25th Percentile £354 £356 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% +8.46%
75th Percentile £519 £574 £550
90th Percentile £651 £651 £604
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 27 28
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £15.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.02 £17.60
Median hourly rate £22.85 £24.19 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% -9.26% +65.90%
75th Percentile £42.25 £57.75 £38.50
90th Percentile £74.95 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £41.90 £30.40 £37.34
% change year-on-year +37.82% -18.59% +0.11%

Auto-Scaling
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Auto-Scaling relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Auto-Scaling job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Auto-Scaling
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Auto-Scaling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Auto-Scaling

Auto-Scaling
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 Auto-Scaling within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. 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
Warrington - 1 £425 -
Auto-Scaling
North West

Auto-Scaling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec