Foreign Exchange (FX)
Cheshire > Chester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 | 19 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | 1.47% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 5.56% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £700 | - | £475 |
All Generic Skills
Chester
Foreign Exchange (FX) falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 18 | 17 | 45 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 26.47% | 31.48% | 52.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £240 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £284 | £281 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £513 | £325 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.59% | +57.69% | -32.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | £705 | £678 | £500 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £467 | £513 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.88% | +13.89% | +2.27% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £41.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £42.50 | £23.15 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +64.71% | +83.59% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £43.75 | £31.58 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £36.63 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £32.50 | £36.50 | £27.98 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.96% | +30.45% | +47.26% |
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Foreign Exchange (FX) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) in Chester.
Foreign Exchange (FX)
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:
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