Problem-Solving Contracts in the North West

Problem Solving
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 18 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 293 236 316
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 11.05% 7.63% 7.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.87% 8.45% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 118 171
10th Percentile £300 £308 £183
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £640 £638 £650
England median daily rate £512 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.41% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 49
10th Percentile - £18.06 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £23.15 £12.02
Median hourly rate £11.20 £40.59 £23.39
Median % change year-on-year -72.42% +73.54% +50.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £54.88 £45.03
90th Percentile £53.75 £66.41 £51.91
England median hourly rate £17.00 £50.00 £23.85
% change year-on-year -66.00% +109.67% +27.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,277 2,793 3,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.86% 90.24% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 1,960 2,613
10th Percentile £308 £313 £240
25th Percentile £405 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 138 169
10th Percentile £10.96 £16.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.50 £22.44 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.19 £35.02 £23.06
Median % change year-on-year -30.92% +51.88% +26.48%
75th Percentile £46.18 £48.56 £50.78
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Manchester +7 140 £500 +11.11% 301
Cumbria +12 73 £493 -7.42% 34
Cheshire -5 51 £463 +2.78% 124
Merseyside +14 17 £260 -47.47% 76
Lancashire -3 5 £563 +17.68% 73
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.37%) IBM Notes
4 3 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.02%) CMS
4 3 (1.02%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.68%) Confluence
5 2 (0.68%) Mule
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.34%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 37 (12.63%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.02%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.34%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (3.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.02%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.34%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 41 (13.99%) Azure
2 38 (12.97%) AWS
3 21 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (3.75%) Snowflake
7 8 (2.73%) GCP
8 7 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (2.05%) Amazon ELB
10 5 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.71%) SaaS
10 5 (1.71%) Serverless
11 4 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.37%) PaaS
12 3 (1.02%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.02%) Contentstack
12 3 (1.02%) IaaS
12 3 (1.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.12%) VPN
2 13 (4.44%) OSPF
3 12 (4.10%) LAN
4 11 (3.75%) WAN
5 9 (3.07%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.73%) VLAN
6 8 (2.73%) Wireless
7 7 (2.39%) Ethernet
7 7 (2.39%) Firewall
7 7 (2.39%) Network Security
7 7 (2.39%) Wireless Security
8 6 (2.05%) BGP
9 4 (1.37%) DHCP
9 4 (1.37%) DNS
9 4 (1.37%) MPLS
9 4 (1.37%) Value-Added Service
9 4 (1.37%) Wireshark
10 3 (1.02%) Intranet
10 3 (1.02%) VoIP
10 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.80%) Data Lake
2 12 (4.10%) Power BI
3 11 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.39%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (2.05%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.71%) Big Data
6 5 (1.71%) Hadoop
6 5 (1.71%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.71%) Tableau
7 4 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.37%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.02%) MySQL
8 3 (1.02%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.68%) Metadata
9 2 (0.68%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.34%) OLAP
10 1 (0.34%) Power Query
10 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.12%) Git
2 9 (3.07%) JIRA
3 6 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.05%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.02%) GitLab
5 2 (0.68%) Appium
5 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.68%) Log4j
5 2 (0.68%) Selenium
5 2 (0.68%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.34%) Travis CI
General
1 171 (58.36%) Social Skills
2 98 (33.45%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (10.24%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.51%) Finance
5 12 (4.10%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.75%) Legal
7 10 (3.41%) Banking
8 9 (3.07%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.73%) Marketing
10 6 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.71%) Law
11 5 (1.71%) Local Government
12 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.02%) Retail
14 2 (0.68%) Electronics
14 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.68%) Social Housing
14 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (16.04%) Analyst
2 29 (9.90%) Service Desk Agent
3 24 (8.19%) Developer
4 20 (6.83%) Senior
5 19 (6.48%) Consultant
6 16 (5.46%) Architect
7 15 (5.12%) Service Analyst
7 15 (5.12%) Service Desk Analyst
8 14 (4.78%) Capacity Manager
8 14 (4.78%) Problem Manager
9 12 (4.10%) Availability Manager
9 12 (4.10%) Capacity and Availability Manager
9 12 (4.10%) IT Support
9 12 (4.10%) Network Engineer
10 11 (3.75%) Project Manager
10 11 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.07%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
11 9 (3.07%) AWS DevOps
11 9 (3.07%) Support Engineer
12 8 (2.73%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.05%) CSS
1 6 (2.05%) HTML
2 5 (1.71%) .NET
3 3 (1.02%) React Native
4 2 (0.68%) Hibernate
4 2 (0.68%) Kafka
4 2 (0.68%) Middleware
4 2 (0.68%) Node.js
4 2 (0.68%) PySpark
4 2 (0.68%) pytest
4 2 (0.68%) REST
4 2 (0.68%) Spring
4 2 (0.68%) Web Services
4 2 (0.68%) WebdriverIO
5 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.34%) Django
5 1 (0.34%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.34%) RESTful
5 1 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.87%) Management Information System
1 26 (8.87%) Virtual Team
2 11 (3.75%) CMDB
3 10 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.05%) Life Science
5 6 (2.05%) NHS
5 6 (2.05%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.37%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.02%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.02%) Clustering
7 3 (1.02%) Derivative
7 3 (1.02%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.68%) Robotics
8 2 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 59 (20.14%) Windows
2 42 (14.33%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.75%) Linux
4 5 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.02%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.02%) Unix
5 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.34%) VMS
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.34%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.26%) Customer Service
2 50 (17.06%) Mentoring
3 45 (15.36%) Time Management
4 42 (14.33%) Quality Management
5 41 (13.99%) Decision-Making
5 41 (13.99%) Service Management
6 40 (13.65%) Statistics
7 38 (12.97%) Agile
8 34 (11.60%) Problem Management
9 29 (9.90%) ITIL
10 26 (8.87%) Project Management
11 25 (8.53%) Virtual Team Management
12 24 (8.19%) Migration
13 22 (7.51%) DevOps
14 21 (7.17%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (6.83%) Data Modelling
16 19 (6.48%) Computer Science
16 19 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
17 18 (6.14%) Capacity Management
18 17 (5.80%) Availability Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.60%) SQL
2 23 (7.85%) Python
3 13 (4.44%) Bash
4 11 (3.75%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.73%) Java
6 6 (2.05%) Go
6 6 (2.05%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.02%) C#
7 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.34%) ABAP
8 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.34%) Ruby
8 1 (0.34%) Scala
8 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.34%) VBA
8 1 (0.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 84 (28.67%) Security Cleared
2 75 (25.60%) SC Cleared
3 45 (15.36%) Degree
4 15 (5.12%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.75%) CCNA
7 8 (2.73%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.73%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (2.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.71%) CCNP
9 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.37%) CCIE
10 4 (1.37%) VCAP
11 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.68%) PMP
12 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.31%) SLA
2 26 (8.87%) Disclosure Scotland
3 18 (6.14%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.78%) QA
5 10 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.05%) GDPR
6 6 (2.05%) GxP
7 5 (1.71%) GAMP
8 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.02%) IASME
8 3 (1.02%) ISO 22301
8 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.02%) NIST
8 3 (1.02%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.68%) PMO
10 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.34%) COREP
System Software
1 21 (7.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.44%) Docker
4 12 (4.10%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.68%) Firmware
5 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (5.12%) Terraform
2 13 (4.44%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.07%) SCCM
5 8 (2.73%) Ansible
6 6 (2.05%) HP Fortify
7 3 (1.02%) Autotask
7 3 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.68%) Nagios
8 2 (0.68%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.34%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.34%) PowerBroker
9 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.34%) Puppet
9 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 68 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.51%) VMware
3 8 (2.73%) Databricks
3 8 (2.73%) SAP
3 8 (2.73%) SolarWinds
3 8 (2.73%) Splunk
4 7 (2.39%) Citrix
5 6 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.37%) LogicMonitor
6 4 (1.37%) Lotus
6 4 (1.37%) Oracle
6 4 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.37%) Teradata
7 3 (1.02%) Apple
7 3 (1.02%) Cisco
7 3 (1.02%) Datto
7 3 (1.02%) Google
8 2 (0.68%) Perfecto Mobile
8 2 (0.68%) Symantec
9 1 (0.34%) Zscaler