Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Technical Manager
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Technical Manager daily rate in Knutsford is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 53 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 7 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 3.18% 1.41% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.52% 1.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £399 £373 -
25th Percentile £422 £392 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £411 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% - -
75th Percentile £484 £438 -
90th Percentile £509 £470 -
Cheshire median daily rate £445 £420 £590
% change year-on-year +5.95% -28.81% +7.27%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 199 258 153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 90.85% 93.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 247 130
10th Percentile £364 £310 £350
25th Percentile £416 £358 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £415 £445
Median % change year-on-year +9.16% -6.74% -24.99%
75th Percentile £570 £488 £551
90th Percentile £653 £520 £638
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £430 £474
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.23% -5.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £15.73 - -
25th Percentile £15.93 - -
Median hourly rate £16.87 - -
75th Percentile £17.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +14.60%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Knutsford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Knutsford

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Technical Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Knutsford region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (57.14%) Atlassian
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Coaching
2 4 (57.14%) Confluence
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Product Backlog
2 4 (57.14%) Product Management
2 4 (57.14%) Programme Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
2 4 (57.14%) Service Design
2 4 (57.14%) Sprint Planning
2 4 (57.14%) Sprint Retrospective
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) User Stories
2 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering

Technical Manager Skill Set
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 4 (57.14%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (42.86%) Client/Server
2 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Coaching
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Product Management
2 4 (57.14%) Programme Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
2 4 (57.14%) Service Design
2 4 (57.14%) Sprint Planning
2 4 (57.14%) Sprint Retrospective
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) User Stories
2 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SAFe Agilist
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Atlassian
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft