Computer Science Degree Contracts in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 54 56
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 16 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.99% 0.78% 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.33% 2.86% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 5
10th Percentile - - £431
25th Percentile £158 £563 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £575 £634
Median % change year-on-year -71.30% -9.31% +90.39%
75th Percentile £221 £588 -
90th Percentile £503 - £647
North West median daily rate £165 £500 £634
% change year-on-year -67.00% -21.14% +44.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.50 -
North West median hourly rate £48.56 £65.50 -
% change year-on-year -25.86% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

Computer Science Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 120 140 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 22.43% 27.24% 23.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 76 66
10th Percentile £158 £325 £243
25th Percentile £390 £422 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £531 £488
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% +8.97% +9.30%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £593
90th Percentile £680 £678 £632
North West median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 9
10th Percentile - £36.00 £14.79
25th Percentile - £37.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £40.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +42.86% -8.00%
75th Percentile £26.66 £59.31 £31.00
90th Percentile - £66.38 £45.75
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.59 £40.01
% change year-on-year -60.43% +1.45% +11.14%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in Cheshire

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Warrington - 8 £165 - 5
Knutsford +1 2 £439 -
Chester - 1 £725 -
Ellesmere Port - 1 £130 -
Computer Science Degree
North West

Computer Science Degree
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:

Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) BGP
1 4 (25.00%) MPLS
1 4 (25.00%) OSPF
1 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (25.00%) Value-Added Service
1 4 (25.00%) VLAN
1 4 (25.00%) VPN
1 4 (25.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (6.25%) SAN
General
1 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Author
1 8 (50.00%) Technical Author
2 5 (31.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (56.25%) SDLC
3 8 (50.00%) Content Strategy
4 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Change Management
5 4 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (12.50%) Agile
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (6.25%) Agile Coaching
7 1 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (6.25%) Architectural Design
7 1 (6.25%) Backlog Management
7 1 (6.25%) Innovative Thinking
7 1 (6.25%) IT Strategy
7 1 (6.25%) Low Latency
7 1 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (6.25%) Sprint Retrospective
7 1 (6.25%) Sprint Review
7 1 (6.25%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Bash
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) CCIE
2 4 (25.00%) CCNP
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (25.00%) VCAP
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (25.00%) LogicMonitor
2 4 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (6.25%) Red Hat