Consultant Contracts in Knutsford

Consultant
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Consultant daily rate in Knutsford is £381, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 23 27
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 3 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 1.69% 2.65% 4.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 2.73% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £361 £543 £430
25th Percentile £369 £569 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £625 £473
Median % change year-on-year -39.04% +32.28% -25.24%
75th Percentile £502 £634 £542
90th Percentile £574 £636 £615
Cheshire median daily rate £550 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% -14.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 155 110 133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.08% 97.35% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 102 107
10th Percentile £327 £356 £415
25th Percentile £358 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £470 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% -14.55% +13.17%
75th Percentile £492 £582 £606
90th Percentile £537 £630 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £475 £490
% change year-on-year -5.89% -3.06% +11.36%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Knutsford

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Knutsford

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Knutsford over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Knutsford

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Knutsford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Knutsford.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Knutsford

Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, 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 Knutsford region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Mainframe

Consultant Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IBM