JWT Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

JSON Web Token (JWT)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring JWT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 51 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing JWT 9 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.41% 0.44% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.96% 2.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £347 £303 -
25th Percentile £350 £304 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £308 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% - -
75th Percentile - £309 -
90th Percentile £396 £310 -
North West median daily rate £358 £308 -
% change year-on-year +16.42% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cheshire

JWT falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 151 81 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 23.70% 17.80% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 60 31
10th Percentile £313 £303 £425
25th Percentile £358 £356 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -5.13% +9.55%
75th Percentile £500 £558 £540
90th Percentile £687 £638 £575
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £95.75 £82.50 -
Median hourly rate £96.50 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.53% - -
75th Percentile £97.25 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £61.00 £65.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -6.87% +41.84% +2.99%

JWT
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

JWT job vacancy trend in Cheshire

JWT
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JWT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JWT

JWT
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 JWT within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 December 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 8 £358 +16.42% 1
JWT
North West

JWT
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Apigee
1 9 (100.00%) AWS
2 5 (55.56%) Kong
3 4 (44.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) HTTP
1 4 (44.44%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
1 4 (44.44%) Jenkins
1 4 (44.44%) Postman
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Business Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Technical Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Technical Business Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Apigee Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) JSON
1 9 (100.00%) OAuth
1 9 (100.00%) XML
2 5 (55.56%) OpenAPI
2 5 (55.56%) REST
2 5 (55.56%) SOAP
2 5 (55.56%) Swagger
3 4 (44.44%) Hibernate
3 4 (44.44%) JAX-RS
3 4 (44.44%) OAuth2
3 4 (44.44%) RESTful
3 4 (44.44%) Spring
3 4 (44.44%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) API Testing
1 9 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 9 (100.00%) Microservices
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) API Management
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Business Process Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) GAP Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Integration Patterns
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Translating Business Requirements
2 5 (55.56%) Use Case
2 5 (55.56%) Validation
2 5 (55.56%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (44.44%) API Design
3 4 (44.44%) Monetization
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) MuleSoft
2 4 (44.44%) Splunk
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft