Performance Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Performance Optimisation
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Performance Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Optimisation 8 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 3.49% 1.63% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 1.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £350 £319 -
25th Percentile £360 £333 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £357 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.27% - -
75th Percentile £468 £383 -
90th Percentile £491 £397 -
Cheshire median daily rate £398 £405 £555
% change year-on-year -1.73% -27.12% +48.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

Performance Optimisation 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 223 118 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.38% 95.93% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 97 62
10th Percentile £308 £349 £450
25th Percentile £358 £356 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -23.81% +12.18%
75th Percentile £492 £538 £582
90th Percentile £579 £638 £587
Cheshire median daily rate £446 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -6.69% -4.40% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £21.84
% change year-on-year -5.50% +10.71% +43.21%

Performance Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Performance Optimisation job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Performance Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Performance Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Performance Optimisation

Performance Optimisation
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 1 (12.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) GitHub
1 3 (37.50%) npm
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Figma
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (37.50%) Cypress.io
2 3 (37.50%) Grunt
2 3 (37.50%) gulp
2 3 (37.50%) SonarQube
3 2 (25.00%) Gradle
3 2 (25.00%) Storybook
3 2 (25.00%) Xcode
4 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
4 1 (12.50%) GitLab
4 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (12.50%) JIRA
4 1 (12.50%) JUnit
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) UI Developer
3 2 (25.00%) React Developer
4 1 (12.50%) AWS DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) React
1 4 (50.00%) REST
2 3 (37.50%) Ajax
2 3 (37.50%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) CSS3
2 3 (37.50%) Enzyme
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) HTML5
2 3 (37.50%) Jest
2 3 (37.50%) JSON
2 3 (37.50%) LESS
2 3 (37.50%) Nightwatchjs
2 3 (37.50%) Node.js
2 3 (37.50%) Redux
2 3 (37.50%) Sass
3 2 (25.00%) D3.js
3 2 (25.00%) OAuth
3 2 (25.00%) React Native
3 2 (25.00%) SVG
4 1 (12.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Android
1 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps
1 3 (37.50%) Front End Development
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 2 (25.00%) API Integration
2 2 (25.00%) B2C
2 2 (25.00%) Biometrics
2 2 (25.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 2 (25.00%) TDD
2 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) AI
3 1 (12.50%) Release Management
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Perforce