Replication Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Replication
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Replication in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Replication over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 52 59
Rank change year-on-year -21 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Replication 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% 0.47% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 1.35% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £294 £508
25th Percentile £425 £322 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £374 £540
Median % change year-on-year +20.40% -30.79% +13.09%
75th Percentile £475 £432 £554
90th Percentile - £463 £562
North West median daily rate £456 £450 £540
% change year-on-year +1.33% -16.67% +10.77%

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

Replication falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 242 148 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 33.99% 34.50% 34.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 101 121
10th Percentile £313 £291 £310
25th Percentile £375 £358 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -7.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £569 £580 £550
90th Percentile £652 £640 £615
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 18
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £14.68
25th Percentile £18.06 £22.61 £17.72
Median hourly rate £31.60 £29.23 £31.58
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.44% +36.41%
75th Percentile £92.53 £33.75 £42.13
90th Percentile £111.15 £70.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year +58.12% +10.58% -25.71%

Replication
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Replication job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Replication
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Replication

Replication
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Replication.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Replication

Replication
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 Replication within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Chester - 1 £450 - 1
Replication
North West

Replication
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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase ASE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase DBA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase