Tech Ops Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Technical Operations (TechOps)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Tech Ops skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Tech Ops 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £550 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Tech Ops 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 597 441 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 87.03% 96.92% 83.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 308 271
10th Percentile £325 £317 £300
25th Percentile £396 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £447 £489
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -8.59% +1.88%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £652 £638 £638
North West median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 25 30
10th Percentile £13.47 £17.20 £13.70
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.15 £16.61
Median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +78.17% -12.70%
75th Percentile £85.00 £86.00 £42.31
90th Percentile - - £44.13
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £31.88 £24.10
% change year-on-year +72.52% +32.28% -33.06%

Tech Ops
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Tech Ops job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Tech Ops
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Tech Ops.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Tech Ops

Tech Ops
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Tech Ops.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Tech Ops

Tech Ops
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 Tech Ops within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 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 £575 - 1
Tech Ops
North West

Tech Ops
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA