Data Management Contracts in Cheshire

Data Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 31 46
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 -7
Contract jobs citing Data Management 10 27 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.23% 5.36% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 6.35% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 7
10th Percentile £388 £463 £424
25th Percentile £488 £469 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £700 £520 £570
90th Percentile - £550 £659
North West median daily rate £540 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £26.85 - -
25th Percentile £27.34 - -
Median hourly rate £28.59 - £30.54
75th Percentile £29.41 - £39.66
90th Percentile £29.64 - £56.06
North West median hourly rate £27.44 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -21.59% +14.60% +9.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Data 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 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Data Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in Cheshire

Data Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Management in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Management in Cheshire

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in Cheshire

Data Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Management in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Management in Cheshire

Data 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 Data Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Macclesfield 0 4 £700 +37.25% 5
Warrington -5 2 £500 +33.33% 5
Crewe - 2 - -
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Data Management
North West

Data Management
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) GIS
1 2 (20.00%) Metadata
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Associate Director
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Data Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Kronos Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Taxonomies
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (30.00%) ERP
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Content Management
4 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Content Management
4 2 (20.00%) Information Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (20.00%) Ontologies
4 2 (20.00%) Supply Chain Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Use Case
5 1 (10.00%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Deployment
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Ariba
2 1 (10.00%) Kronos
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft