Degree Contract Job Trends 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 6 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 25 25 12
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 8.68% 14.71% 16.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.65% 59.52% 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 9
10th Percentile £282 £356 £481
25th Percentile £367 £501 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £538 £489
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% +10.02% -22.38%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £540
90th Percentile £529 £576 £551
Cheshire median daily rate £435 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -19.14% +7.60% -20.63%

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 79 42 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 27.43% 24.71% 30.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 37 18
10th Percentile £309 £356 £417
25th Percentile £356 £390 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -18.40% - -15.87%
75th Percentile £492 £575 £573
90th Percentile £552 £600 £586
Cheshire median daily rate £469 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -12.83% +2.48% +5.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Degree job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

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

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Knutsford

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (28.00%) Confluence
2 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) SSH
2 3 (12.00%) Network Security
3 2 (8.00%) BGP
3 2 (8.00%) Firewall
3 2 (8.00%) MPLS
3 2 (8.00%) OSPF
3 2 (8.00%) VLAN
3 2 (8.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 9 (36.00%) JIRA
2 2 (8.00%) TestRail
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (32.00%) Finance
4 3 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Publishing
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Senior
2 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Tester
4 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Designer
4 2 (8.00%) Network Designer
4 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Service Transition Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (8.00%) Transition Manager
4 2 (8.00%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (8.00%) CSS
1 2 (8.00%) HTML
1 2 (8.00%) LDAP
1 2 (8.00%) REST
1 2 (8.00%) SOAP
1 2 (8.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (24.00%) Tandem
3 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (12.00%) Virtual Team
4 2 (8.00%) CMDB
4 2 (8.00%) Cyberattack
4 2 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Unix
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Computer Science
2 13 (52.00%) ITIL
2 13 (52.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (44.00%) ITSM
3 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (44.00%) Service Management
4 9 (36.00%) Agile
4 9 (36.00%) Change Management
5 8 (32.00%) Incident Response
5 8 (32.00%) Release Management
6 6 (24.00%) Cryptography
6 6 (24.00%) Information Security
6 6 (24.00%) Project Delivery
7 5 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (20.00%) Attestation
7 5 (20.00%) Project Management
7 5 (20.00%) Service Catalogue
7 5 (20.00%) Service Design
7 5 (20.00%) Test Management
8 4 (16.00%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) Java
2 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.00%) Bash
3 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (12.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (12.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (8.00%) CCIE
3 2 (8.00%) CCNP
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.00%) JNCIE
3 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) CBAP
4 1 (4.00%) CISA
4 1 (4.00%) CISM
4 1 (4.00%) CISSP
4 1 (4.00%) GSEC
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Basel III
1 1 (4.00%) COBIT
1 1 (4.00%) GDPR
1 1 (4.00%) GRC
1 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.00%) NIST
1 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.00%) QA
1 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) HP ALM
1 2 (8.00%) QRadar
1 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) ServiceNow
2 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (24.00%) IBM
4 5 (20.00%) Gemalto
4 5 (20.00%) Thales
5 2 (8.00%) ArcSight
5 2 (8.00%) Cisco
5 2 (8.00%) F5
5 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
5 2 (8.00%) HP
5 2 (8.00%) Splunk