Development Consultant Contract Job Trends in Chester

Development Consultant
Cheshire > Chester

The median Development Consultant daily rate in Chester is £684, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Development Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 1.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £682 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £684 - -
75th Percentile £686 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £709 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 81 68 74
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 95.77% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 21 40
10th Percentile £244 £284 £284
25th Percentile £419 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £553 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.09% +5.26% +27.27%
75th Percentile £665 £688 £588
90th Percentile £758 £738 £619
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £465 £489
% change year-on-year -3.87% -4.91% +8.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 14
10th Percentile £22.67 £16.00 £21.41
25th Percentile £30.25 £25.50 £30.54
Median hourly rate £30.99 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% - +60.70%
75th Percentile - £41.25 -
90th Percentile £37.19 £47.50 £39.18
Cheshire median hourly rate £29.75 £35.00 £33.54
% change year-on-year -15.00% +4.35% +45.16%

Development Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings that featured Development Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Development Consultant in Chester

Development Consultant Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Development Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Chester region featuring Development Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ABAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) BAPI
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HANA
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA

Development Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HANA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) BAPI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) SAP