Distributed Applications Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Distributed Applications
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Applications in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Applications over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Applications 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% 0.22% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £405 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.61% - -
North West median daily rate £500 £405 £485
% change year-on-year +23.61% -16.60% -

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

Distributed Applications falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 214 179 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 32.62% 39.69% 42.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 94 113
10th Percentile £258 £316 £433
25th Percentile £358 £367 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -6.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £503 £550 £565
90th Percentile £638 £638 £611
North West median daily rate £450 £489 £513
% change year-on-year -7.98% -4.59% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 5
10th Percentile - £20.46 £14.42
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.83 £17.25
Median hourly rate £16.25 £26.71 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -39.15% +50.71% +2.10%
75th Percentile £30.44 £33.75 £23.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £78.50 £54.20
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £31.75 £41.87
% change year-on-year +43.18% -24.16% +56.97%

Distributed Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Distributed Applications job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Distributed Applications
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Distributed Applications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Distributed Applications

Distributed Applications
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft