The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
27 |
22 |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-5 |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing XML |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford |
1.37% |
2.78% |
- |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
4.17% |
12.50% |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£447 |
£321 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+39.47% |
- |
- |
| Cheshire median daily rate |
£447 |
£510 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-12.35% |
+2.00% |
-12.66% |
XML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Knutsford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
48 |
24 |
47 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford |
32.88% |
22.22% |
30.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
43 |
21 |
44 |
| 10th Percentile |
£317 |
£311 |
£351 |
| 25th Percentile |
£358 |
£321 |
£444 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£391 |
£445 |
£550 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-12.13% |
-19.09% |
+34.47% |
| 75th Percentile |
£467 |
£489 |
£575 |
| 90th Percentile |
£537 |
£507 |
£610 |
| Cheshire median daily rate |
£402 |
£450 |
£540 |
| % change year-on-year |
-10.67% |
-16.67% |
+32.52% |
