Degree Contracts in Knutsford

Academic Degree
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered 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 15 14 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -7
Contract jobs citing Degree 15 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 10.27% 10.19% 9.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.39% 55.00% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 13
10th Percentile £322 £523 £403
25th Percentile £390 £617 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £676 £440
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% +53.64% -28.74%
75th Percentile £500 £716 £453
90th Percentile £535 £725 £641
Cheshire median daily rate £469 £410 £445
% change year-on-year +14.39% -7.87% +4.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Knutsford

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 31 20 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 21.23% 18.52% 19.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 19 27
10th Percentile £347 £373 £325
25th Percentile £368 £391 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £513 £445
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% +15.17% -25.12%
75th Percentile £511 £689 £586
90th Percentile £540 £725 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £422 £448 £500
% change year-on-year -5.70% -10.50% +9.59%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Knutsford

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Knutsford

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Knutsford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Knutsford

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 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (26.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.67%) InVision
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) GCP
2 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) BGP
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) MPLS
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
1 1 (6.67%) OSPF
1 1 (6.67%) VLAN
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.67%) MySQL
1 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
1 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Axure RP
2 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
2 1 (6.67%) Git
General
1 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
1 6 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Senior
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Business Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Network Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Project Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Designer
4 1 (6.67%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) CSS
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.67%) CSS3
2 1 (6.67%) GraphQL
2 1 (6.67%) HTML5
2 1 (6.67%) Node.js
2 1 (6.67%) React
2 1 (6.67%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) RESTful
2 1 (6.67%) Vue
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) CMDB
2 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Android
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Agile
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) Business Analysis
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (40.00%) ITSM
3 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 5 (33.33%) Focus Group
4 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 5 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
4 5 (33.33%) Service Management
4 5 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Identification
6 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) CBAP
2 1 (6.67%) CCIE
2 1 (6.67%) CCNP
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) JNCIE
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) F5
3 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle