ISO 8583 Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

ISO 8583
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring ISO 8583 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISO 8583 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.80% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 - -
75th Percentile £492 - -
90th Percentile £494 - -
North West median daily rate £455 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +23.60%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire

ISO 8583 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 86 87 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 13.69% 20.28% 18.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 61 41
10th Percentile £345 £291 £265
25th Percentile £360 £356 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £496 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% -5.50% +40.00%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £556
90th Percentile £630 £598 £615
North West median daily rate £445 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 12
10th Percentile - - £17.15
25th Percentile - £21.05 £17.60
Median hourly rate - £23.14 £23.37
Median % change year-on-year - -0.98% +45.40%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £37.75
90th Percentile - - £43.75
North West median hourly rate £56.25 £24.18 £22.73
% change year-on-year +132.63% +6.38% -53.48%

ISO 8583
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 8583 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

ISO 8583 job vacancy trend in Cheshire

ISO 8583
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing ISO 8583.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing ISO 8583

ISO 8583
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 ISO 8583 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 - 5 £455 - 1
ISO 8583
North West

ISO 8583
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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Payment Gateway
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) ATM
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Postman
General
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) REST
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) JSON
3 1 (20.00%) SOAP
3 1 (20.00%) Swagger
3 1 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) PACS
1 4 (80.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 4 (80.00%) Business Strategy
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (80.00%) Fintech
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Requirements Management
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) PSD2
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft