Minimum Viable Product Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Minimum Viable Product
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Minimum Viable Product skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Minimum Viable Product 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.13% - 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £369
25th Percentile £513 - £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £386
75th Percentile £538 - £395
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £525 £600 £386
% change year-on-year -12.50% +55.44% -35.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Minimum Viable Product 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 668 546 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 86.30% 92.07% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 410 307
10th Percentile £340 £312 £311
25th Percentile £413 £358 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £520 £575
90th Percentile £653 £638 £638
North West median daily rate £489 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +8.56% -9.09% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 21 24
10th Percentile £14.27 - £11.90
25th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £16.66
Median hourly rate £35.82 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -8.57% +14.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £50.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.60 £70.00 £46.38
North West median hourly rate £55.72 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +93.81% -4.17% +2.39%

Minimum Viable Product
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Minimum Viable Product job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Minimum Viable Product
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Minimum Viable Product.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Minimum Viable Product

Minimum Viable Product
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 Minimum Viable Product within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 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
Warrington - 1 £525 -
Minimum Viable Product
North West

Minimum Viable Product
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP