Software Engineering
Cheshire > Macclesfield
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 27 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Software Engineering | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield | - | 4.90% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 5.05% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £510 | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £433 | £510 | £680 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.10% | -25.00% | +18.26% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Macclesfield
Software Engineering 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 Macclesfield.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 47 | 99 | 47 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield | 97.92% | 97.06% | 97.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 39 | 68 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £443 | £405 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £463 | £408 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £519 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.02% | +15.28% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £590 | £550 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £585 | £500 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £454 | £497 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.80% | +4.68% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.67 | £14.30 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £17.02 | £14.38 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £17.72 | £15.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +16.20% | -73.48% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £16.38 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £17.75 | £16.60 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £42.25 | £26.66 | £30.54 |
| % change year-on-year | +58.48% | -12.70% | +29.96% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield.
Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Macclesfield.