Problem-Solving Contracts in Yorkshire

Problem Solving
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 11 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 245 208 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 14.48% 9.48% 7.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.04% 10.43% 8.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 108 128
10th Percentile £185 £413 £232
25th Percentile £325 £485 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -3.74%
75th Percentile £544 £619 £538
90th Percentile £625 £700 £600
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 19
10th Percentile £11.75 £16.70 £10.20
25th Percentile £15.00 £25.25 £13.19
Median hourly rate £16.25 £35.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +94.44% +23.58%
75th Percentile £20.24 £47.50 £18.70
90th Percentile £63.75 £61.00 £28.85
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
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,438 1,994 2,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 84.99% 90.93% 90.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 1,307 1,748
10th Percentile £275 £275 £254
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £580 £619 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 63 82
10th Percentile £11.30 £9.80 £10.78
25th Percentile £12.15 £10.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £18.60
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -42.85% -6.73%
75th Percentile £20.74 £21.50 £22.62
90th Percentile £53.75 £49.32 £27.25
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 Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +7 163 £490 -10.91% 189
South Yorkshire +11 58 £490 -10.91% 85
North Yorkshire +2 16 £130 -75.93% 48
East Yorkshire +6 5 £500 +6.38% 23
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 10 (4.08%) Confluence
2 5 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.63%) WordPress
4 3 (1.22%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.22%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.22%) nginx
5 2 (0.82%) Apache
5 2 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.41%) CICS
6 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (9.39%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.22%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.22%) Blender
4 3 (1.22%) Maya
4 3 (1.22%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.45%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.82%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.84%) GCP
2 27 (11.02%) Azure
3 25 (10.20%) AWS
4 17 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (4.90%) GitHub
7 9 (3.67%) Kong
8 8 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.27%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.45%) Apigee
10 5 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.63%) MailChimp
11 4 (1.63%) Vertex AI
12 3 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.22%) CloudBees
12 3 (1.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 2 (0.82%) AWS Data Pipeline
13 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.82%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.82%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
2 17 (6.94%) Firewall
3 16 (6.53%) LAN
4 12 (4.90%) WAN
5 11 (4.49%) DNS
6 9 (3.67%) HTTP
6 9 (3.67%) SSL
6 9 (3.67%) TCP/IP
6 9 (3.67%) VPN
7 5 (2.04%) Internet
8 4 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (1.63%) SAN
9 3 (1.22%) BIG-IP
9 3 (1.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (1.22%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.82%) DHCP
11 1 (0.41%) Broadband
11 1 (0.41%) Network Security
11 1 (0.41%) PSTN
11 1 (0.41%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.53%) Power BI
2 9 (3.67%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (3.27%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.86%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.04%) Tableau
7 4 (1.63%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.22%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.22%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.22%) Bigtable
8 3 (1.22%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.22%) Cloud Spanner
8 3 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (1.22%) GIS
8 3 (1.22%) Metadata
8 3 (1.22%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.82%) Big Data
9 2 (0.82%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (9.80%) Git
2 16 (6.53%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.31%) JIRA
4 9 (3.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 9 (3.67%) CircleCI
4 9 (3.67%) GitLab
4 9 (3.67%) Travis CI
5 3 (1.22%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.22%) JMeter
5 3 (1.22%) XCUITest
6 2 (0.82%) Selenium
7 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.41%) JUnit
7 1 (0.41%) Postman
7 1 (0.41%) RStudio
7 1 (0.41%) TestRail
7 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 140 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 95 (38.78%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (11.84%) Finance
4 20 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.86%) Banking
8 3 (1.22%) Games
8 3 (1.22%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.22%) Marketing
8 3 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.82%) German Language
9 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.41%) Billing
10 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.41%) Legal
10 1 (0.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (13.88%) Developer
2 32 (13.06%) Analyst
2 32 (13.06%) Service Desk Agent
3 22 (8.98%) Business Analyst
4 20 (8.16%) Lead
5 11 (4.49%) Consultant
5 11 (4.49%) IT Engineer
6 10 (4.08%) Senior
7 9 (3.67%) Automation Engineer
7 9 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (3.67%) ServiceNow Developer
8 8 (3.27%) Network Engineer
8 8 (3.27%) Tester
9 7 (2.86%) Automation Tester
9 7 (2.86%) DevOps Automation Engineer
10 6 (2.45%) Architect
10 6 (2.45%) IT Support
10 6 (2.45%) SAP Analyst
10 6 (2.45%) SAP Business Analyst
10 6 (2.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.49%) JSON
1 11 (4.49%) Kafka
2 9 (3.67%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (3.67%) XML
2 9 (3.67%) YAML
3 6 (2.45%) .NET
3 6 (2.45%) ActiveMQ
3 6 (2.45%) RESTful
3 6 (2.45%) Swagger
4 5 (2.04%) GraphQL
4 5 (2.04%) gRPC
4 5 (2.04%) JWT
4 5 (2.04%) OAuth
4 5 (2.04%) OpenAPI
4 5 (2.04%) Web Services
5 4 (1.63%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.63%) CSS
5 4 (1.63%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.63%) HTML
5 4 (1.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.49%) Algorithms
2 9 (3.67%) Data Structures
2 9 (3.67%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.86%) NHS
5 5 (2.04%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.63%) CMDB
6 4 (1.63%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.22%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.22%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.22%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.22%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (0.82%) BYOD
8 2 (0.82%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.82%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.98%) Windows
2 10 (4.08%) Android
3 9 (3.67%) Linux
4 8 (3.27%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.45%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.04%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.22%) zOS
8 2 (0.82%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.27%) Agile
2 45 (18.37%) Customer Service
3 41 (16.73%) DevOps
4 40 (16.33%) CI/CD
5 39 (15.92%) Project Management
6 27 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (10.20%) Containerisation
8 24 (9.80%) Service Delivery
8 24 (9.80%) Test Automation
9 23 (9.39%) ITIL
9 23 (9.39%) Scrum
9 23 (9.39%) User Stories
10 22 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (8.16%) Data Modelling
12 19 (7.76%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (7.35%) Break/Fix
13 18 (7.35%) Business Analysis
13 18 (7.35%) ITSM
14 17 (6.94%) Continuous Integration
14 17 (6.94%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.33%) Python
2 21 (8.57%) JavaScript
3 18 (7.35%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.94%) Java
5 14 (5.71%) Bash
6 13 (5.31%) SQL
7 8 (3.27%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.45%) C#
9 5 (2.04%) Scala
10 4 (1.63%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.63%) MATLAB
10 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.63%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.63%) VBA
11 3 (1.22%) ActionScript
11 3 (1.22%) C
11 3 (1.22%) Go
11 3 (1.22%) Groovy
11 3 (1.22%) Ruby
12 2 (0.82%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (10.20%) Degree
2 9 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.86%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.45%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (1.63%) CBAP
5 4 (1.63%) CCNA
5 4 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.63%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (1.63%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.82%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.82%) CISSP
6 2 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.41%) CEH
7 1 (0.41%) CISM
7 1 (0.41%) Dell Certification
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.39%) QA
2 18 (7.35%) SLA
3 8 (3.27%) GDPR
4 7 (2.86%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.04%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.22%) PMO
7 2 (0.82%) GRC
8 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.41%) HL7
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (10.20%) Docker
2 8 (3.27%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.82%) HDFS
5 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.82%) KVM
5 2 (0.82%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.82%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.41%) ACF2
6 1 (0.41%) RACF
Systems Management
1 24 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 22 (8.98%) Ansible
3 14 (5.71%) Terraform
4 13 (5.31%) Puppet
5 12 (4.90%) Grafana
6 9 (3.67%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (3.67%) Kibana
6 9 (3.67%) logstash
6 9 (3.67%) Progress Chef
6 9 (3.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.82%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.82%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.41%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 52 (21.22%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.35%) ServiceNow
3 17 (6.94%) SAP
4 13 (5.31%) Citrix
4 13 (5.31%) Google
5 12 (4.90%) Cisco
6 11 (4.49%) 3Com
6 11 (4.49%) Aruba
6 11 (4.49%) Brocade
6 11 (4.49%) Juniper
6 11 (4.49%) Meraki
7 10 (4.08%) Splunk
8 8 (3.27%) IBM
9 6 (2.45%) Solace
9 6 (2.45%) VMware
10 4 (1.63%) Brio
10 4 (1.63%) Hootsuite
10 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.22%) Adobe
11 3 (1.22%) ESRI