IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

IT/Technology Strategy
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 11 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 4.42% - 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% - 6.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 8
10th Percentile £458 - -
25th Percentile £479 - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 - £570
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.59%
75th Percentile £565 - £580
90th Percentile £750 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £530 - £570
% change year-on-year - - -3.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Knutsford

IT Strategy 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 239 108 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 95.98% 95.58% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 90 92
10th Percentile £313 £349 £402
25th Percentile £358 £356 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £390 £545
Median % change year-on-year +6.03% -28.44% +10.10%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £586
90th Percentile £591 £638 £627
Cheshire median daily rate £441 £475 £505
% change year-on-year -7.26% -5.94% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £27.39 £23.61
% change year-on-year -16.56% +15.99% +21.64%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in Knutsford

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Knutsford over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in Knutsford

IT Strategy
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 (63.64%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) AWS
2 8 (72.73%) Azure
2 8 (72.73%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Data Warehouse
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Business Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Credit Risk
2 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Regulatory Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) Technology Strategy
2 8 (72.73%) Technical Architecture
3 7 (63.64%) Analytics
3 7 (63.64%) Data Science
3 7 (63.64%) Machine Learning
3 7 (63.64%) Statistical Modelling
4 6 (54.55%) Analytical Modelling
4 6 (54.55%) Data Analysis
4 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
4 6 (54.55%) Portfolio Management
4 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (54.55%) Stress Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Credit Risk Modelling
5 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (36.36%) Predictive Analytics
6 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
6 3 (27.27%) Integration Patterns
7 2 (18.18%) Architectural Design
7 2 (18.18%) Batch Processing
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Python
2 7 (63.64%) R
3 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
1 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Pega
2 2 (18.18%) Temenos