Key Management Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Key Management
North West > Cheshire

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Key Management 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.90% 0.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £325 - -
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £544 - -
North West median daily rate £466 £775 £700
% change year-on-year -39.94% +10.71% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Key Management 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 602 467 348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 90.12% 85.85% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 282 201
10th Percentile £300 £341 £265
25th Percentile £358 £390 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £495 £495
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £520 £575 £586
90th Percentile £688 £650 £614
North West median daily rate £453 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -7.36% -2.20% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 30
10th Percentile - £16.00 £15.90
25th Percentile £12.82 £30.31 £18.14
Median hourly rate £17.13 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.07% +27.27% +52.48%
75th Percentile £34.69 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £47.50 £36.18
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -40.83% +21.43% +59.09%

Key Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Key Management in Cheshire

Key Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Key Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Key Management

Key Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Key Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Key Management in Cheshire

Key Management
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 Key Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 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 - 4 £423 - 2
Key Management
North West

Key Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) Confluence
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) SSH
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Tandem
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Unix
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Change Management
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
1 5 (83.33%) Cryptography
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Attestation
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Release Management
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) IBM
2 3 (50.00%) Gemalto
2 3 (50.00%) Thales
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft