Contract Management Contract Job Trends in Chester

Contract Management
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Contract Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.54% 1.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £575 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £550 £367 -
% change year-on-year +49.86% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

Contract Management 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 102 69 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 78.46% 94.52% 84.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 26 10
10th Percentile £192 £405 £225
25th Percentile £413 £432 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.24% +36.60%
75th Percentile £588 £683 £666
90th Percentile £738 £731 £693
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £471 £500
% change year-on-year -5.05% -5.85% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 10
10th Percentile £21.65 £19.00 £17.03
25th Percentile £21.75 £22.75 £27.71
Median hourly rate £26.50 £60.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -55.83% +45.45% +110.35%
75th Percentile £59.13 £86.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £86.00 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £32.25 £25.14
% change year-on-year -29.15% +28.31% +29.50%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Contract Management job vacancy trend in Chester

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Contract Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Contract Management

Contract Management
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (100.00%) Expense Management
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Analysis