npm Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

npm
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring npm skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 53 49
Rank change year-on-year -18 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing npm 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.87% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.54% 0.61% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £343 - -
25th Percentile £372 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £310 £510
Median % change year-on-year +35.89% -39.22% -
75th Percentile £454 - £515
90th Percentile £464 - -
North West median daily rate £419 £490 £510
% change year-on-year -14.54% -3.92% -2.86%

All Cloud Skills
Cheshire

npm falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 236 165 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 34.30% 32.23% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 116 95
10th Percentile £275 £327 £215
25th Percentile £350 £371 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £491 £566 £514
90th Percentile £551 £638 £559
North West median daily rate £448 £485 £480
% change year-on-year -7.73% +1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 9
10th Percentile - £21.05 £21.80
25th Percentile £12.82 £21.83 £22.53
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +2.41% +5.45%
75th Percentile £18.87 £64.17 £35.00
90th Percentile £43.13 £82.50 £47.00
North West median hourly rate £23.31 £36.00 £30.10
% change year-on-year -35.26% +19.60% -54.39%

npm
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

npm job vacancy trend in Cheshire

npm
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing npm

npm
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 npm within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 October 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 -8 6 £421 +35.89% 2
npm
North West

npm
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:

Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 6 (100.00%) Git
1 6 (100.00%) Grunt
1 6 (100.00%) gulp
1 6 (100.00%) SonarQube
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) UI Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Ajax
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) CSS3
1 6 (100.00%) Enzyme
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) HTML5
1 6 (100.00%) Jest
1 6 (100.00%) JSON
1 6 (100.00%) LESS
1 6 (100.00%) Nightwatchjs
1 6 (100.00%) Node.js
1 6 (100.00%) React
1 6 (100.00%) Redux
1 6 (100.00%) REST
1 6 (100.00%) Sass
2 3 (50.00%) jQuery
2 3 (50.00%) XHR
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 6 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (50.00%) API Integration
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
2 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Perforce
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft