Computer Science Degree Contracts in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 35 47
Rank change year-on-year -19 +12 +17
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 15 16 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.49% 3.38% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.15% 14.41% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 3
10th Percentile £269 - £551
25th Percentile £346 £158 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £165 £560
Median % change year-on-year +132.73% -70.54% -11.67%
75th Percentile £488 £221 £576
90th Percentile £517 £503 £583
North West median daily rate £475 £245 £500
% change year-on-year +93.88% -51.00% -21.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.25
Median hourly rate - - £65.50
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - £48.56 £65.50
% change year-on-year - -25.86% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 164 111 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 27.20% 23.47% 28.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 76 63
10th Percentile £268 £158 £325
25th Percentile £350 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £537 £570 £586
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile £28.06 - £31.30
25th Percentile £30.63 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -65.00% +63.27%
75th Percentile £35.38 - £65.75
90th Percentile £56.15 - £66.50
North West median hourly rate £29.27 £17.53 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.95% -58.75% +6.20%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cheshire over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
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 Computer Science Degree within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 -8 9 £384 -12.48% 2
Chester -7 1 £700 -3.45% 1
Macclesfield - 1 £375 -
Computer Science Degree
North West

Computer Science Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) Confluence
2 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) AWS
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
1 4 (26.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Firewall
1 5 (33.33%) Network Security
2 4 (26.67%) BGP
2 4 (26.67%) MPLS
2 4 (26.67%) OSPF
2 4 (26.67%) VLAN
2 4 (26.67%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) SSH
4 1 (6.67%) Internet
4 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.67%) MySQL
1 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
1 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (13.33%) TestRail
3 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
3 1 (6.67%) Git
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Designer
1 4 (26.67%) Network Designer
1 4 (26.67%) Solutions Designer
1 4 (26.67%) Tester
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) UAT Tester
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Payments Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Payments Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) AngularJS
1 4 (26.67%) CSS
1 4 (26.67%) HTML
1 4 (26.67%) REST
2 3 (20.00%) LDAP
2 3 (20.00%) SOAP
2 3 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (6.67%) CSS3
3 1 (6.67%) GraphQL
3 1 (6.67%) HTML5
3 1 (6.67%) Middleware
3 1 (6.67%) Node.js
3 1 (6.67%) React
3 1 (6.67%) RESTful
3 1 (6.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
1 4 (26.67%) Virtual Team
2 2 (13.33%) Tandem
3 1 (6.67%) CMDB
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Unix
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (60.00%) ITSM
2 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (40.00%) Agile
3 6 (40.00%) ITIL
3 6 (40.00%) Service Management
4 5 (33.33%) Network Design
4 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (26.67%) High Availability
5 4 (26.67%) Network Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (26.67%) Service Catalogue
5 4 (26.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (26.67%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (26.67%) Time Management
5 4 (26.67%) TOGAF
5 4 (26.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Java
1 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 4 (26.67%) CCIE
3 4 (26.67%) CCNP
3 4 (26.67%) JNCIE
4 1 (6.67%) CBAP
4 1 (6.67%) CCNA CyberOps
4 1 (6.67%) CCSA
4 1 (6.67%) CCSE
4 1 (6.67%) Check Point Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (13.33%) HP ALM
3 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 4 (26.67%) F5
2 4 (26.67%) Fortinet
2 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (13.33%) HP
3 2 (13.33%) IBM
4 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle
4 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.67%) Zscaler