Planning and Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Planning and Forecasting
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Planning and Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Planning and Forecasting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.39% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £300 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -40.00% -4.76% +1.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Knutsford

Planning and Forecasting 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 246 111 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 96.09% 95.69% 96.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 92 90
10th Percentile £313 £351 £410
25th Percentile £358 £356 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £390 £545
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% -28.44% +10.89%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £585
90th Percentile £592 £638 £627
Cheshire median daily rate £441 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -7.26% -5.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £25.79 £31.58
% change year-on-year -11.39% -18.34% +81.03%

Planning and Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Planning and Forecasting job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Planning and Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Planning and Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Planning and Forecasting

Planning and Forecasting
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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft