Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Contract Negotiation
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 54 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.60% 0.21% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £512 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £538 - -
North West median daily rate £525 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Contract Negotiation 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 598 420 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.99% 88.61% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 249 224
10th Percentile £268 £325 £265
25th Percentile £358 £390 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.90% -0.77% +11.11%
75th Percentile £537 £569 £550
90th Percentile £688 £638 £592
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 25 23
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £16.66
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.00 £17.38
Median hourly rate £23.18 £24.18 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +2.41% +54.82%
75th Percentile £40.00 £35.00 £35.38
90th Percentile £70.55 £82.60 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +46.15%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Contract Negotiation
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 Negotiation within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 December 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 3 £525 - 1
Crewe - 1 £525 -
Contract Negotiation
North West

Contract Negotiation
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 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Programme Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (75.00%) Culture Change
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Business Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (75.00%) Snow
1 3 (75.00%) Workday