Software Engineer Contracts in Knutsford

Software Engineer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Software Engineer daily rate in Knutsford is £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 2.05% - 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £477 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 - £440
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £492 - £440
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Knutsford with a recognized job title 125 105 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.62% 97.22% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 97 111
10th Percentile £330 £356 £415
25th Percentile £358 £400 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £489 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.79% -11.09% +18.28%
75th Percentile £492 £582 £620
90th Percentile £537 £619 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Knutsford

Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Knutsford.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineer in Knutsford

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Knutsford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) OAuth
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) OpenID
1 3 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (100.00%) ForgeRock
1 3 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) API Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (100.00%) Ping Identity
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) JDBC
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
1 3 (100.00%) Taxonomies
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) HTTPS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) JDBC
1 3 (100.00%) OAuth
1 3 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (100.00%) OpenID
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
1 3 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) API Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ForgeRock
1 3 (100.00%) Ping Identity