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North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring TARGET2 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 93 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing TARGET2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.41% | - | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 1.80% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | - | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire
TARGET2 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Cheshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 167 | 117 | 72 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 22.66% | 10.15% | 13.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 31 | 75 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £27,500 | £22,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,663 | £32,500 | £35,938 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £40,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.25% | -20.00% | +42.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,125 | £57,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,250 | £71,915 | £79,313 |
| North West median annual salary | £49,000 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.16% | -5.00% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing TARGET2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Salary Trend in Cheshire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing TARGET2.
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Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TARGET2 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 10 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | - | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| TARGET2 North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: