IT Strategy Contracts in Cheshire

IT/Technology Strategy
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring IT Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 48 59
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -6
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 7 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.47% 2.33% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 2.78% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 1
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £463 £560 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £570 £675
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -15.56% +13.58%
75th Percentile £539 £659 £688
90th Percentile £619 £738 -
North West median daily rate £540 £605 £600
% change year-on-year -10.78% +0.88% -1.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

IT Strategy 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 464 431 485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.27% 83.69% 91.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 286 322
10th Percentile £315 £303 £289
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £492 £494
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% -0.41% +9.72%
75th Percentile £539 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 31 28
10th Percentile £14.09 £14.00 £14.93
25th Percentile £23.48 £16.67 £22.50
Median hourly rate £37.00 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +38.78% -12.70% +40.22%
75th Percentile £85.25 £40.88 £35.01
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £31.76 £24.19 £35.02
% change year-on-year +31.29% -30.92% +51.88%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing IT Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in Cheshire

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in Cheshire

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Cheshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in Cheshire

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Strategy in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in Cheshire

IT Strategy
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 IT Strategy within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 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 -16 4 £506 -11.23%
Chester -10 1 £725 - 1
Northwich - 1 £400 -
IT Strategy
North West

IT Strategy
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) BGP
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) MPLS
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
1 3 (42.86%) OSPF
1 3 (42.86%) VLAN
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Hudson
General
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Designer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Designer
2 3 (42.86%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix Technical Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Payments Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Technology Strategy
2 5 (71.43%) TOGAF
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) High Availability
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Network Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Network Design
3 3 (42.86%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Service Design
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Use Case
4 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Low Latency
4 2 (28.57%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CCIE
1 3 (42.86%) CCNP
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) JNCIE
1 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
2 2 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) F5
1 3 (42.86%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft