Integration Patterns Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Integration Patterns
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Integration Patterns skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 53 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Integration Patterns 24 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 3.64% 0.44% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 0.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 22 2 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £358 £763 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £775 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.19% - -
75th Percentile £436 £788 -
90th Percentile £759 - -
North West median daily rate £402 £688 £575
% change year-on-year -41.53% +19.57% +15.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Integration Patterns 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 589 410 445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.38% 90.31% 87.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 237 295
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £356 £356 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £538 £572 £554
90th Percentile £667 £660 £614
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 28 30
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.53 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.85 £25.79 £31.58
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% -18.34% +81.03%
75th Percentile £43.00 £79.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £76.05 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £30.40 £32.12
% change year-on-year +37.96% -5.34% -14.13%

Integration Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Integration Patterns job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Integration Patterns
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Integration Patterns.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Integration Patterns

Integration Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Integration Patterns in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Integration Patterns in Cheshire

Integration Patterns
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 Integration Patterns within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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 -8 22 £394 -49.19% 3
Integration Patterns
North West

Integration Patterns
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 4 (16.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) AWS
2 6 (25.00%) Apigee
2 6 (25.00%) Kong
3 4 (16.67%) Azure
4 3 (12.50%) GCP
5 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Postman
2 4 (16.67%) GitLab
2 4 (16.67%) JIRA
3 3 (12.50%) JUnit
3 3 (12.50%) Mockito
4 1 (4.17%) Selenium
General
1 14 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 12 (50.00%) Banking
3 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
1 11 (45.83%) Business Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Architect
3 6 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Technical Business Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Payments Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Payments Business Analyst
5 4 (16.67%) Business Architect
5 4 (16.67%) Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Applications Architect
6 3 (12.50%) Salesforce Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Banking Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Banking Business Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Digital Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Java Applications Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Java Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (66.67%) REST
2 15 (62.50%) Swagger
3 13 (54.17%) SOAP
4 11 (45.83%) JSON
4 11 (45.83%) XML
5 10 (41.67%) OpenAPI
6 6 (25.00%) JWT
6 6 (25.00%) OAuth
7 4 (16.67%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (16.67%) RESTful
7 4 (16.67%) Visualforce
7 4 (16.67%) YAML
8 2 (8.33%) CSS
8 2 (8.33%) HTML
8 2 (8.33%) Middleware
9 1 (4.17%) Jest
9 1 (4.17%) LDAP
9 1 (4.17%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 5 (20.83%) Digital Wallet
3 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 3 (12.50%) Cloud Native
4 3 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (8.33%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.17%) Online Banking
6 1 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (66.67%) Agile
3 14 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (54.17%) Translating Business Requirements
5 11 (45.83%) Requirements Gathering
5 11 (45.83%) Validation
5 11 (45.83%) Workshop Facilitation
6 10 (41.67%) CI/CD
6 10 (41.67%) Computer Science
7 9 (37.50%) API Design
7 9 (37.50%) Microservices
8 7 (29.17%) Use Case
9 6 (25.00%) API Management
9 6 (25.00%) API Testing
9 6 (25.00%) Business Analysis
9 6 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
9 6 (25.00%) DevOps
9 6 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (20.83%) Architectural Design
10 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Java
2 6 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (16.67%) Apex Code
4 3 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.17%) SOQL
6 1 (4.17%) SOSL
6 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (41.67%) Degree
2 8 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) PCI DSS
1 5 (20.83%) PSD2
2 4 (16.67%) ISO 8583
3 1 (4.17%) ISO 20022
3 1 (4.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) MuleSoft
2 4 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 3 (12.50%) Temenos
4 2 (8.33%) Google
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft