Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Technical Consultant
North West > Cheshire

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Cheshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
North West median daily rate £525 £660 £525
% change year-on-year -20.45% +25.71% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 737 548 461
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 89.25% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 414 309
10th Percentile £287 £270 £300
25th Percentile £402 £358 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £430 £460
Median % change year-on-year +14.42% -6.52% -8.00%
75th Percentile £588 £519 £567
90th Percentile £642 £646 £638
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 27 22
10th Percentile £15.93 £12.82 £11.47
25th Percentile £17.25 £25.83 £13.49
Median hourly rate £32.23 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -8.57% +13.80%
75th Percentile £83.75 £44.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.25 £47.13
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £26.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +74.71% -25.50% +18.04%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in Cheshire

Technical Consultant
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 Technical Consultant within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Knutsford - 2 £450 - 2
Technical Consultant
North West

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 16 August 2026, Technical Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SailPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Technical Consultant Skill Set
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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft