IBM Sterling
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring knowledge or experience of IBM Sterling products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM Sterling over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IBM Sterling Order Management (formerly Yantra).
| 6 months to 28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 74 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing IBM Sterling | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.32% | - | - |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.60% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £392 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £394 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £398 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £401 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £404 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £398 | - | - |
All Vendors
Cheshire
IBM Sterling falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Cheshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 335 | 225 | 217 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 52.92% | 44.82% | 53.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 244 | 134 | 115 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £354 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £449 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.52% | - | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £511 | £585 | £584 |
| 90th Percentile | £642 | £650 | £593 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 6 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £11.00 | £12.27 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.82 | £11.06 | £17.20 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.31 | £14.75 | £22.53 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.14% | -34.53% | +80.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.38 | £18.00 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.25 | £26.50 | £36.05 |
| North West median hourly rate | £24.62 | £18.65 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +32.05% | -46.73% | +63.63% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing IBM Sterling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing IBM Sterling.
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DemandTrendContract 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 IBM Sterling within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knutsford | - | 2 | £398 | - | |
| IBM Sterling North West |
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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: