Problem-Solving Contracts in the North East

Problem Solving
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 27 36
Rank change year-on-year +23 +9 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 42 24 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 13.42% 6.86% 4.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.73% 7.69% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 17
10th Percentile £450 £129 £108
25th Percentile £491 £237 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £312 £455
Median % change year-on-year +80.43% -31.48% +27.81%
75th Percentile £638 £422 £513
90th Percentile £931 £553 £570
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £11.45 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £11.50 - -
75th Percentile £16.94 - -
90th Percentile £44.73 - -
England median hourly rate £16.23 £51.90 £23.20
% change year-on-year -68.73% +123.74% +28.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Problem-Solving 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 the North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 251 312 429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.19% 89.14% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 241 322
10th Percentile £263 £231 £181
25th Percentile £363 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £590 £625 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 2 14
10th Percentile £11.44 £32.74 £11.20
25th Percentile £12.13 £34.98 £13.13
Median hourly rate £19.50 £39.34 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.43% +138.42% +26.92%
75th Percentile £48.75 £43.07 £18.44
90th Percentile £51.88 £44.94 £36.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the North East

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the North East

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the North East

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the North East

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the North East

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Tyne and Wear +24 33 £533 +71.08% 94
Northumberland -1 5 £897 +289.98% 5
Durham +6 4 £625 +13.64% 26
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.38%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.76%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.67%) 5G
1 7 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.76%) BGP
2 2 (4.76%) EIGRP
2 2 (4.76%) MPLS
2 2 (4.76%) OSPF
3 1 (2.38%) DHCP
3 1 (2.38%) DNS
3 1 (2.38%) HTTP
3 1 (2.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.38%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Git
2 1 (2.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Finance
5 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.76%) Marketing
5 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.38%) Banking
6 1 (2.38%) Games
6 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (14.29%) IT Support
1 6 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
1 6 (14.29%) IT Technician
1 6 (14.29%) Support Technician
2 5 (11.90%) Architect
2 5 (11.90%) Project Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Technical Design Authority
4 3 (7.14%) Business Architect
4 3 (7.14%) Designer
4 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (7.14%) Technical Designer
5 2 (4.76%) Developer
5 2 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 2 (4.76%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Management Consultant
5 2 (4.76%) Network Operations Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) PMO Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Service Management Consultant
5 2 (4.76%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) .NET
1 1 (2.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (7.14%) Solar Power
2 2 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Clustering
3 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
1 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (23.81%) Project Management
3 9 (21.43%) Agile
4 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (16.67%) Network Architecture
5 7 (16.67%) Network Design
6 6 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 5 (11.90%) Risk Management
7 5 (11.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (9.52%) Migration
9 3 (7.14%) Change Management
9 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
9 3 (7.14%) ITIL
9 3 (7.14%) Process Management
9 3 (7.14%) Service Delivery
9 3 (7.14%) Service Management
9 3 (7.14%) TOGAF
9 3 (7.14%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (4.76%) MATLAB
2 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Degree
2 8 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.76%) CCNA
3 2 (4.76%) CCNP
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.76%) JNCIA
3 2 (4.76%) JNCIS
3 2 (4.76%) MCSE
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMP
4 1 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.38%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco
3 2 (4.76%) Juniper
3 2 (4.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Citrix
4 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.38%) VMware