Contract Management Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Contract Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Contract Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 52 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.72% 0.39% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £395 - -
25th Percentile £417 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £356 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.51% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £454 - -
North West median daily rate £450 £356 £550
% change year-on-year +26.40% -35.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £40.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Contract Management 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 620 444 371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.47% 86.72% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 272 232
10th Percentile £268 £325 £313
25th Percentile £358 £382 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £477 £511
Median % change year-on-year -7.66% -6.80% +13.61%
75th Percentile £525 £566 £575
90th Percentile £688 £649 £611
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.00 £15.60
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £17.38
Median hourly rate £18.94 £35.00 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -45.90% +48.24% +46.92%
75th Percentile £39.19 £43.75 £35.39
90th Percentile £67.25 £47.13 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% +13.59% +34.50%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Contract Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Contract Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Contract Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Contract Management

Contract Management
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 Contract Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 October 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 -11 4 £429 +20.51%
Crewe - 1 - -
Contract Management
North West

Contract Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Legal
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) ICT Manager
3 1 (20.00%) ICT Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Project Assurance Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Kanban
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Control
4 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Content Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Content Management
4 1 (20.00%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft