Disaster Recovery Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Disaster Recovery
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 47 34
Rank change year-on-year -28 -13 +22
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 5 8 16
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.73% 1.50% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.74% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 13
10th Percentile - £481 £446
25th Percentile £475 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year - +2.25% -22.38%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile - £583 £583
North West median daily rate £525 £500 £489
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.25% -18.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £21.20 - -
25th Percentile £24.50 - -
Median hourly rate £32.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.63 - -
90th Percentile £60.60 - -
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £37.00 -
% change year-on-year -13.51% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Disaster Recovery 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 621 459 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 90.13% 86.12% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 281 208
10th Percentile £274 £325 £272
25th Percentile £358 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £565 £586
90th Percentile £688 £650 £617
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 18 29
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.00 £15.80
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.83 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +34.62% +61.79%
75th Percentile £40.00 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £44.88 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.64% +15.21% +41.19%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Disaster Recovery job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Disaster Recovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Disaster Recovery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Disaster Recovery in Cheshire over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in Cheshire

Disaster Recovery
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 Disaster Recovery within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Warrington -10 2 - -
Chester -10 1 - - 2
Crewe - 1 - -
Disaster Recovery
North West

Disaster Recovery
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 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) BGP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
1 2 (40.00%) NX-OS
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) WLAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Process Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Process Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Process Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) BPMN
2 2 (40.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Process Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Perl
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCDP
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) F5
1 2 (40.00%) Meraki
1 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) Google