Application Rationalisation Contract Job Trends in Chester

Application Rationalisation
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Application Rationalisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Application Rationalisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.50% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £425 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

Application Rationalisation 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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 66 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 75.38% 82.50% 83.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 28 19
10th Percentile £300 £190 £458
25th Percentile £413 £325 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £610
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -5.74% +13.49%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £738
90th Percentile £675 £778 £740
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £430 £478
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.99% -4.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 11
10th Percentile - £12.56 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.01 £12.63 £25.50
Median hourly rate £32.23 £14.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.18% -60.00% +10.17%
75th Percentile £37.50 £20.20 £41.25
90th Percentile £74.13 £23.17 £47.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £17.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +101.80% -49.29% +14.60%

Application Rationalisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Rationalisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Application Rationalisation job vacancy trend in Chester

Application Rationalisation
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Application Rationalisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Application Rationalisation

Application Rationalisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Project Coordinator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft