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North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring MLOps skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 68 | 52 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -16 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing MLOps | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.80% | 0.97% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.87% | 1.13% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £370 | £472 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £478 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £405 | £489 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.18% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £423 | £511 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £430 | £535 | - |
| North West median daily rate | £433 | £489 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -11.55% | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire
MLOps 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 | 575 | 444 | 336 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 91.71% | 86.38% | 88.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 433 | 280 | 194 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £328 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £390 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £476 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.71% | -4.75% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £642 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £499 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.82% | -0.20% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 16 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.00 | £16.93 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.82 | £30.31 | £22.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.75 | £35.00 | £30.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -49.29% | +14.60% | +45.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.00 | £43.75 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.25 | £47.50 | £36.18 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.33 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.63% | +15.21% | +55.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing MLOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing MLOps.
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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 MLOps within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 10 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 | -20 | 5 | £405 | -17.05% | |
| MLOps North West |
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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: