Senior Contracts in Cheshire

Senior
North West > Cheshire

The median Senior daily rate in Cheshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 36 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 30 19 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 5.51% 3.74% 5.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.76% 4.13% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 20
10th Percentile £355 £363 £391
25th Percentile £405 £381 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £531
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -20.00% +6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £478 £630
90th Percentile £675 £586 £634
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £26.58 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +78.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £42.91 £37.50 £54.47
% change year-on-year +14.43% -31.15% +60.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 521 460 517
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.77% 90.55% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 308 282
10th Percentile £284 £288 £185
25th Percentile £376 £400 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £516 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +14.67% +4.53%
75th Percentile £578 £586 £538
90th Percentile £638 £658 £631
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 32
10th Percentile £13.49 £14.15 £12.51
25th Percentile £15.69 £18.75 £19.75
Median hourly rate £30.83 £23.15 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +33.17% -2.53% +25.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £33.79
90th Percentile - £44.00 £57.13
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £28.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% +13.36% +38.45%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Cheshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Senior in Cheshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cheshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Cheshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Cheshire

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Cheshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Cheshire

Senior
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 Senior within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Macclesfield -1 12 £488 +21.88% 2
Ellesmere Port - 4 - - 1
Chester +11 3 £650 +33.33% 8
Warrington +3 3 £450 +20.00% 21
Wilmslow - 3 £375 - 2
Knutsford - 1 £900 - 3
Runcorn - 1 - - 3
Senior
North West

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Data Management
2 9 (30.00%) Data Analysis
2 9 (30.00%) SQL
2 9 (30.00%) SAP
2 9 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (26.67%) QA
3 8 (26.67%) Data Quality
3 8 (26.67%) Snowflake
3 8 (26.67%) Power BI
3 8 (26.67%) Power Platform
4 7 (23.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.00%) Data Governance
5 6 (20.00%) Data Lake
6 5 (16.67%) Power Automate
6 5 (16.67%) Dataiku
6 5 (16.67%) Qlik Sense
6 5 (16.67%) Collibra
6 5 (16.67%) Ataccama
6 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (16.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (16.67%) Alteryx
6 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 5 (16.67%) Data Architecture
6 5 (16.67%) VMware
6 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 5 (16.67%) SAS
6 5 (16.67%) Trillium
6 5 (16.67%) Python

Senior Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (16.67%) SAS
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) AutoCAD
1 3 (10.00%) Revit
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Power Platform
1 8 (26.67%) Snowflake
2 5 (16.67%) Collibra
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (16.67%) Power Automate
3 3 (10.00%) Azure
4 2 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) BrowserStack
5 1 (3.33%) Commercetools
5 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) VLAN
2 1 (3.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (26.67%) Power BI
2 6 (20.00%) Data Lake
3 5 (16.67%) Ataccama
3 5 (16.67%) Qlik Sense
3 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 4 (13.33%) Data Mining
5 3 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (3.33%) MySQL
6 1 (3.33%) Navicat
6 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (3.33%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Postman
2 1 (3.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (3.33%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Banking
5 2 (6.67%) Finance
6 1 (3.33%) Military
6 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Industry 4.0
1 2 (6.67%) IoT
1 2 (6.67%) Robotics
2 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Android
3 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (30.00%) Data Analysis
1 9 (30.00%) Data Management
2 6 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 4 (13.33%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 4 (13.33%) Visualisation
5 3 (10.00%) 3D Modelling
5 3 (10.00%) CAE
5 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (6.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 2 (6.67%) Data Integration
6 2 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (6.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) Python
3 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) CCNP
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (26.67%) Data Quality
1 8 (26.67%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.33%) SCCM
1 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (3.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (3.33%) vCenter Server
1 1 (3.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) SAP
2 5 (16.67%) Alteryx
2 5 (16.67%) Dataiku
2 5 (16.67%) Trillium
2 5 (16.67%) VMware
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco
4 2 (6.67%) HP
5 1 (3.33%) Apple
5 1 (3.33%) Citrix
5 1 (3.33%) Oracle
5 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.33%) Symantec
5 1 (3.33%) Veeam
5 1 (3.33%) WatchGuard