Distributed Cache Contract Job Trends in the North West

Distributed Caching
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Distributed Cache skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 127 -
Rank change year-on-year -44 - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Cache 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.027% 0.046% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.052% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £490 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £358 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.66% - -
75th Percentile £510 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £488 £675
% change year-on-year +12.82% -27.78% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Distributed Cache 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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,074 1,905 2,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.33% 87.87% 84.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,813 1,234 1,315
10th Percentile £295 £272 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £594 £570 £585
90th Percentile £675 £670 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 123 213
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £55.72 £28.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.81% -4.17% +2.39%
75th Percentile £76.00 £58.94 £48.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.75 £69.58
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%

Distributed Cache
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Distributed Cache relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Distributed Cache job vacancy trend in the North West

Distributed Cache
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Distributed Cache.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Distributed Cache

Distributed Cache
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Cache within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 1 £500 - 3
Distributed Cache
England

Distributed Cache
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft