Computer Science Contracts in Cheshire

Computer Science
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 22 51
Rank change year-on-year -28 +29 -3
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 15 34 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.00% 6.27% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 7.49% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 3
10th Percentile £181 - £473
25th Percentile £326 £158 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -10.87% -8.73%
75th Percentile £539 £550 £656
90th Percentile £688 £564 £698
North West median daily rate £537 £520 £486
% change year-on-year +3.27% +7.00% -19.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42.53
25th Percentile - - £46.31
Median hourly rate - - £52.75
75th Percentile - - £59.31
90th Percentile - - £63.18
North West median hourly rate £70.16 £55.00 £52.75
% change year-on-year +27.56% +4.27% -18.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Computer Science 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 478 454 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 95.60% 83.76% 90.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 303 300
10th Percentile £313 £310 £288
25th Percentile £358 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £516
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -3.10% +14.67%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £588
90th Percentile £639 £638 £664
North West median daily rate £464 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.25% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 33 29
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.00 £14.95
25th Percentile £15.91 £17.72 £22.53
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +14.60% +40.22%
75th Percentile £77.63 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 - £40.00
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £27.00 £32.88
% change year-on-year +18.52% -17.88% +40.56%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cheshire over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
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 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 7 June 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 -17 5 £475 -10.88% 5
Warrington -9 3 £166 +0.76% 43
Macclesfield +6 2 £675 +22.73%
Alderley Edge - 2 - -
Chester -6 1 £700 -3.45% 5
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
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 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) AWS
2 4 (26.67%) GCP
3 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.67%) SaaS
4 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (26.67%) BGP
2 4 (26.67%) Firewall
2 4 (26.67%) MPLS
2 4 (26.67%) Network Security
2 4 (26.67%) OSPF
2 4 (26.67%) VLAN
3 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Metadata
2 1 (6.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (6.67%) MySQL
2 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (13.33%) Publishing
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Designer
1 4 (26.67%) Network Designer
1 4 (26.67%) Solutions Designer
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Data Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Service Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Information Architect
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) ADO
2 1 (6.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.67%) ARM Templates
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) CSS3
2 1 (6.67%) GraphQL
2 1 (6.67%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) HTML5
2 1 (6.67%) Middleware
2 1 (6.67%) Node.js
2 1 (6.67%) React
2 1 (6.67%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) RESTful
2 1 (6.67%) Vue
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (13.33%) Data Structures
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) CMDB
3 1 (6.67%) Data Fabric
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.67%) Smartphone
3 1 (6.67%) Taxonomies
3 1 (6.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
2 6 (40.00%) ITSM
2 6 (40.00%) Use Case
3 5 (33.33%) Service Design
4 4 (26.67%) DevOps
4 4 (26.67%) High Availability
4 4 (26.67%) IT Strategy
4 4 (26.67%) Network Architecture
4 4 (26.67%) Network Design
4 4 (26.67%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
4 4 (26.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (26.67%) Technology Strategy
4 4 (26.67%) TOGAF
5 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (20.00%) Data Management
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (13.33%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) Bash
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
4 4 (26.67%) CCIE
4 4 (26.67%) CCNP
4 4 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (26.67%) JNCIE
5 2 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Cisco
1 4 (26.67%) F5
1 4 (26.67%) Fortinet
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) Ariba
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle
4 1 (6.67%) Remedy
4 1 (6.67%) SAP