RAD Job Trends in Cheshire

Rapid Application Development (RAD)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring RAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 42 63
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 -
Permanent jobs citing RAD 19 15 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 1.45% 2.65% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.96% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 1
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 -
25th Percentile - £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 -
90th Percentile - £55,000 -
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +42.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

RAD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,091 506 484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 83.22% 89.24% 82.59%
Number of salaries quoted 434 254 395
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £66,778
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £77,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

RAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

RAD job vacancy trend in Cheshire

RAD
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing RAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing RAD

RAD
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RAD within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Crewe -4 19 £50,000 -
RAD
North West

RAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Developer
1 19 (100.00%) Software Developer
2 9 (47.37%) Lead
2 9 (47.37%) Lead Developer
2 9 (47.37%) Lead Software Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Software Developer
4 4 (21.05%) .NET Developer
4 4 (21.05%) .NET Software Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C# Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (100.00%) .NET
1 19 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 19 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 19 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (21.05%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C#
1 19 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft