Problem-Solving Contracts in Durham

Problem Solving
North East > Durham

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

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 10 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 4 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 5.56% 6.15% 10.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.76% 7.69% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £533 - £125
25th Percentile £563 £525 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £190
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +189.47% -43.70%
75th Percentile £756 £575 £338
90th Percentile £828 - £428
North East median daily rate £575 £311 £470
% change year-on-year +85.11% -33.91% +32.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £11.50 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -24.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Durham

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 Durham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41 52 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 56.94% 80.00% 61.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 40 35
10th Percentile £190 £178 £102
25th Percentile £254 £231 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £411 £275
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% +49.55% +36.14%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £400
90th Percentile £593 £625 £583
North East median daily rate £500 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £10.62 - £13.29
25th Percentile £11.21 - £13.99
Median hourly rate £13.45 - £16.78
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.82%
75th Percentile £19.44 - £20.44
90th Percentile £20.77 - £21.68
North East median hourly rate £16.48 £40.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year -59.56% +146.97% +8.20%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Durham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Durham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Durham

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Durham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Durham

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Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 1 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
Darlington - 1 - - 4
Problem-Solving
North East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (50.00%) Solar Power
2 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP