Computer Science Contracts in Knutsford

Computer Science
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 2.66% 1.56% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 1.69% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £324 £379 -
25th Percentile £335 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £439 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% - -
75th Percentile £488 £480 -
90th Percentile £549 £503 -
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £165 £575
% change year-on-year +187.88% -71.30% -8.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

Computer Science 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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 184 118 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.87% 92.19% 90.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 109 94
10th Percentile £334 £355 £412
25th Percentile £358 £390 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £475 £565
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% -15.93% +22.23%
75th Percentile £492 £606 £610
90th Percentile £537 £689 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £446 £476 £500
% change year-on-year -6.35% -4.75% +11.11%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Knutsford

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Knutsford.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Knutsford

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Knutsford over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Knutsford

Computer Science
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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) BGP
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) MPLS
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
1 2 (40.00%) OSPF
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Publishing
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Transition Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) CSS3
1 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) HTML5
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
1 1 (20.00%) Vue
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) ITSM
1 3 (60.00%) Service Design
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Network Design
2 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (40.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (40.00%) CCIE
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) JNCIE
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) F5
1 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle