IT Support Contracts in Cheshire

IT Support
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Support daily rate in Cheshire is £338, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 52 57
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -8
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 7 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.29% 1.09% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 1.14% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £212 - £200
25th Percentile £258 £126 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £128 £313
Median % change year-on-year +165.29% -59.20% +78.57%
75th Percentile £415 £129 £400
90th Percentile £459 - £445
North West median daily rate £200 £213 £215
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
Median hourly rate £12.82 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -69.84% - -
North West median hourly rate £13.00 £10.95 £24.50
% change year-on-year +18.72% -55.31% +30.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 495 528 464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 95.83% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 356 304
10th Percentile £313 £292 £275
25th Percentile £358 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £516
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -7.95% +14.67%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £586
90th Percentile £651 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 38 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.15
25th Percentile £20.54 £16.39 £21.00
Median hourly rate £35.20 £35.00 £27.98
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +25.09% +13.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 - £44.00
North West median hourly rate £29.01 £32.70 £29.00
% change year-on-year -11.28% +12.75% +16.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Cheshire over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
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 Support within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Warrington - 6 £188 - 1
Knutsford - 1 £489 -
IT Support
North West

IT Support Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 28 June 2025, IT Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
3 5 (71.43%) assyst
3 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Product Vision
5 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
5 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) CMDB
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Billing
5 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (14.29%) VPN

IT Support Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Product Vision
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow