TARGET2 Job Trends in Chester

TARGET2
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring TARGET2 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing TARGET2 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 2.70% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.08% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Cheshire median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13 8 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 11.71% 4.19% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 14
10th Percentile £38,250 £37,895 £22,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £55,362 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,490 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.70% +44.19% +35.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,915 £61,835
90th Percentile £71,250 - -
Cheshire median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% +42.86%

TARGET2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Billing
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Payments Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Payments Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Cash Management
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Epics
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Workshops
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SEPA
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 20022