Computer Science Contracts in Cheshire

Computer Science
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 50 47
Rank change year-on-year +26 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 37 7 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.73% 1.38% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.04% 1.53% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 3 9
10th Percentile - £473 £471
25th Percentile £158 £506 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £630
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% -8.73% +89.19%
75th Percentile £550 £656 £634
90th Percentile £572 £698 £638
North West median daily rate £520 £486 £600
% change year-on-year +7.00% -19.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £52.75 -
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £52.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.27% -18.85% +31.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 460 458 489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 83.64% 90.51% 87.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 296 273
10th Percentile £311 £294 £205
25th Percentile £392 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £516 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +14.67% +2.92%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £540
90th Percentile £638 £669 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 34
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.98 £9.99
25th Percentile £17.72 £22.44 £13.38
Median hourly rate £35.75 £29.26 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +22.18% +34.34% +2.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £31.00
90th Percentile - £40.00 £53.88
North West median hourly rate £27.50 £30.54 £23.55
% change year-on-year -9.95% +29.71% +29.98%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cheshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Cheshire

Computer Science
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 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Knutsford +9 13 £533 - 5
Warrington +11 9 £165 -76.43% 7
Macclesfield -8 4 £550 +22.22%
Chester +9 1 £725 - 4
Ellesmere Port - 1 £130 -
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
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 7 (18.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 12 (32.43%) Azure
2 11 (29.73%) AWS
3 4 (10.81%) GCP
3 4 (10.81%) SaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.70%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) BGP
1 4 (10.81%) MPLS
1 4 (10.81%) OSPF
1 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
1 4 (10.81%) Value-Added Service
1 4 (10.81%) VLAN
1 4 (10.81%) VPN
1 4 (10.81%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Bitbucket
1 7 (18.92%) JIRA
General
1 20 (54.05%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (48.65%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Banking
3 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Publishing
5 4 (10.81%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Author
1 8 (21.62%) Technical Author
2 7 (18.92%) Consultant
3 5 (13.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Network Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Integration Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) SaaS Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Analytics Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Data Analytics Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Data Governance Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Data Governance Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Data Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Governance Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.41%) SAP Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (10.81%) Public Cloud
2 4 (10.81%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.11%) Cyberattack
4 2 (5.41%) Life Science
5 1 (2.70%) Insider Threat
5 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Unix
3 4 (10.81%) Linux
4 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) Change Management
2 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (35.14%) Test Automation
4 11 (29.73%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (24.32%) SDLC
6 8 (21.62%) Content Strategy
7 7 (18.92%) Observability
8 6 (16.22%) Agile
8 6 (16.22%) Security Monitoring
9 5 (13.51%) Data Management
9 5 (13.51%) SIEM
10 4 (10.81%) Analytics
10 4 (10.81%) Data Loss Prevention
10 4 (10.81%) Network Monitoring
10 4 (10.81%) Network Virtualisation
11 3 (8.11%) Decision-Making
12 2 (5.41%) Architectural Design
12 2 (5.41%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 2 (5.41%) Data Privacy
12 2 (5.41%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Bash
1 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Degree
2 16 (43.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (10.81%) CCIE
3 4 (10.81%) CCNP
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (10.81%) VCAP
4 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.41%) PhD
5 1 (2.70%) CISSP
5 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) NIST
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Docker
2 3 (8.11%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
1 13 (35.14%) ServiceNow
2 7 (18.92%) Atlassian
3 6 (16.22%) Tanium
4 4 (10.81%) LogicMonitor
4 4 (10.81%) Salesforce
4 4 (10.81%) SolarWinds
4 4 (10.81%) Zscaler
5 2 (5.41%) SAP
6 1 (2.70%) Intel
6 1 (2.70%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.70%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.70%) Symantec