Technology Strategy Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Technology Strategy
North West > Cheshire

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 57 52
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 10 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.46% 0.19% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 0.22% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 2
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile £463 £713 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £725 £483
Median % change year-on-year -33.31% +50.26% -15.67%
75th Percentile £528 £738 £539
90th Percentile £564 - £570
North West median daily rate £484 £618 £645
% change year-on-year -21.73% -4.22% +8.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Technology Strategy 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 616 460 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 90.19% 85.82% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 277 207
10th Percentile £290 £336 £265
25th Percentile £358 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £520 £575 £586
90th Percentile £688 £650 £613
North West median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 31
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £14.83 £21.83 £18.79
Median hourly rate £18.31 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +27.27% +52.48%
75th Percentile £37.56 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £72.88 £47.50 £35.75
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -40.84% +28.79% +41.63%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Technology Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in Cheshire over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in Cheshire

Technology Strategy
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 Technology Strategy within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 6 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 £496 - 1
Technology Strategy
North West

Technology Strategy
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) AWS
2 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 6 (60.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) BGP
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) MPLS
1 4 (40.00%) Network Security
1 4 (40.00%) OSPF
1 4 (40.00%) VLAN
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Banking
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Designer
2 4 (40.00%) Network Designer
2 4 (40.00%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Payments Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) IT Strategy
2 7 (70.00%) TOGAF
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) High Availability
3 4 (40.00%) ITSM
3 4 (40.00%) Network Architecture
3 4 (40.00%) Network Design
3 4 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (40.00%) Service Design
3 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (40.00%) Use Case
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CCIE
1 4 (40.00%) CCNP
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) JNCIE
1 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco
1 4 (40.00%) F5
1 4 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (20.00%) Pega
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft