Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Computer Science Degree
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 33 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 -15 +23
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 9 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 3.20% 1.80% 1.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.00% 7.50% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile £268 - -
25th Percentile £270 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £356 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% - -
75th Percentile £488 £361 -
90th Percentile £497 £363 -
Cheshire median daily rate £384 £356 £560
% change year-on-year +7.87% -36.43% -11.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Knutsford

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Knutsford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 75 40 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 26.69% 23.95% 28.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 35 11
10th Percentile £306 £356 £450
25th Percentile £350 £390 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £518 £540
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% -4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £492 £568 £586
90th Percentile £556 £589 £586
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -10.38% +0.95% +5.00%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Knutsford

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Knutsford over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Knutsford

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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 3 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) BGP
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) MPLS
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
1 2 (22.22%) OSPF
1 2 (22.22%) VLAN
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
1 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
1 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
2 2 (22.22%) TestRail
3 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
3 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Designer
2 2 (22.22%) UAT Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 3 (33.33%) CSS
1 3 (33.33%) HTML
1 3 (33.33%) REST
2 2 (22.22%) LDAP
2 2 (22.22%) SOAP
2 2 (22.22%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) CSS3
3 1 (11.11%) GraphQL
3 1 (11.11%) HTML5
3 1 (11.11%) Node.js
3 1 (11.11%) React
3 1 (11.11%) RESTful
3 1 (11.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (11.11%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) ITSM
4 4 (44.44%) Agile
4 4 (44.44%) ITIL
4 4 (44.44%) Service Management
5 3 (33.33%) Analytics
5 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
5 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 3 (33.33%) SDLC
5 3 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
5 3 (33.33%) Time Management
6 2 (22.22%) High Availability
6 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
6 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (22.22%) SIAM
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (22.22%) CCIE
3 2 (22.22%) CCNP
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (22.22%) JNCIE
4 1 (11.11%) CBAP
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP ALM
1 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) F5
2 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
2 2 (22.22%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle