Feasibility Study Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Feasibility Studies
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Feasibility Study skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 56 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Feasibility Study 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.88% 0.39% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £385 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% - -
75th Percentile £405 £375 -
90th Percentile £455 - -
North West median daily rate £390 £350 -
% change year-on-year +11.43% - -
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

Feasibility Study 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 616 448 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.93% 86.49% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 273 218
10th Percentile £270 £325 £286
25th Percentile £358 £382 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% -4.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £521 £565 £585
90th Percentile £688 £648 £617
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 28
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.00 £15.70
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £17.44
Median hourly rate £18.87 £35.00 £24.81
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +41.10% +54.36%
75th Percentile £40.00 £39.38 £35.01
90th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% +15.21% +40.00%

Feasibility Study
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Feasibility Study job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Feasibility Study
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Feasibility Study.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Feasibility Study

Feasibility Study
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 Feasibility Study within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 23 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 - 3 £390 -
Crewe - 1 - - 1
Feasibility Study
North West

Feasibility Study
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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) ICT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Product Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Product Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (16.67%) Project Assurance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Case
2 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Traceability Matrix
3 3 (50.00%) Change Management
3 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 2 (33.33%) Data Security
4 2 (33.33%) Microservices
4 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
5 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CBAP
1 2 (33.33%) CSPO
2 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 20022
1 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (16.67%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) IBM
1 2 (33.33%) IBM Sterling
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce