Use Case Contracts in Cheshire

Use Cases
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Use Case skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Use Case over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 33 58
Rank change year-on-year -11 +25 -17
Contract jobs citing Use Case 14 25 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.12% 4.96% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 5.88% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 3
10th Percentile £463 £450 -
25th Percentile £494 £560 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £570 £630
Median % change year-on-year +9.82% -9.52% +9.57%
75th Percentile £708 £594 £659
90th Percentile £715 £669 £676
North West median daily rate £538 £500 £563
% change year-on-year +7.50% -11.11% +18.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Use Case 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 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Use Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Use Case in Cheshire

Use Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Use Case in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Use Case in Cheshire

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Use Case in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Use Case in Cheshire

Use Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Use Case in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Use Case in Cheshire

Use Case
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 Use Case within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 4 £550 -3.51%
Macclesfield +5 2 £688 +22.77% 1
Warrington -3 2 £525 - 6
Use Case
North West

Use Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (14.29%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) BGP
2 2 (14.29%) MPLS
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 2 (14.29%) OSPF
2 2 (14.29%) VLAN
2 2 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (7.14%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Metadata
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) GitLab
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Network Designer
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) SAP WM Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Senior SAP Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Senior SAP WM Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Associate Director
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Taxonomies
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Android
3 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 4 (28.57%) Supply Chain Planning
4 3 (21.43%) Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Data Ingestion
4 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Inventory Management
4 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Scrum
4 3 (21.43%) Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.14%) R
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) VB
3 1 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) CCIE
3 2 (14.29%) CCNP
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (14.29%) JNCIE
3 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.14%) CBAP
4 1 (7.14%) MCP
4 1 (7.14%) MCSA
4 1 (7.14%) MCSE
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
2 1 (7.14%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Fortinet
2 4 (28.57%) SAP
3 3 (21.43%) Infoblox
3 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (14.29%) F5
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (14.29%) Splunk
4 2 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (7.14%) Ariba
5 1 (7.14%) McAfee
5 1 (7.14%) Symantec