OO Contract Job Trends in Knutsford
Object-Oriented (OO)
Cheshire > Knutsford
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford citing OO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | 51 | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -25 | - |
| Contract jobs citing OO | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford | 3.91% | 1.81% | 5.65% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.39% | 1.89% | 5.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £456 | £497 | £358 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £505 | £371 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £537 | £526 | £382 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.04% | +37.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £579 | £400 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £592 | £718 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £537 | £516 | £382 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.15% | +34.98% | -21.64% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Knutsford
OO falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Knutsford.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 114 | 264 | 169 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford | 89.06% | 95.65% | 95.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 93 | 255 | 138 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £310 | £328 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £358 | £360 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £447 | £423 | £428 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.80% | -1.17% | -19.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £530 | £492 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £604 | £577 | £685 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £475 | £447 | £498 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.26% | -10.25% | -2.34% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.81 | - | £73.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.66 | - | £75.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.50 | - | £80.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £23.75 | - | £85.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £86.50 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £27.50 | £22.43 | £27.39 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.60% | -18.09% | +21.55% |
OO Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.
OO Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing OO.
OO Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Computer Science | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | OOD | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Scrum | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Test Automation | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | User Stories | 100.0% | 5 |
| 8 | CI/CD | 80.0% | 4 |
| 8 | Clean Code | 80.0% | 4 |
| 8 | Microservices | 80.0% | 4 |
| 8 | Task-Oriented | 80.0% | 4 |
| 8 | TDD | 80.0% | 4 |
| 8 | User Acceptance Testing | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | API Testing | 20.0% | 1 |
| 14 | Full-Stack Development | 20.0% | 1 |
| 14 | Problem-Solving | 20.0% | 1 |
| 14 | Scenario Testing | 20.0% | 1 |
| 14 | Test Strategy | 20.0% | 1 |
| 14 | Workflow | 20.0% | 1 |