Problem Solving
North West > Lancashire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | 23 | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -11 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 7 | 12 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | 3.61% | 5.02% | 12.40% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.55% | 5.77% | 13.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £674 | £410 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £691 | £481 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £783 | £500 | £487 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +56.60% | +2.77% | +21.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £816 | £538 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £866 | £597 | £613 |
| North West median daily rate | £493 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.56% | - | +12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.05 | £38.52 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.63 | £42.47 | £17.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £52.74 | £36.94 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.86% | +42.78% | -12.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.96 | £55.64 | £44.95 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.09 | £61.55 | £52.58 |
| North West median hourly rate | £11.20 | £34.05 | £19.62 |
| % change year-on-year | -67.12% | +73.50% | +15.43% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire
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 Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 154 | 208 | 237 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 79.38% | 87.03% | 91.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 74 | 116 | 155 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £313 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £369 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £525 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.38% | +9.38% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £628 | £581 |
| 90th Percentile | £747 | £700 | £707 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 51 | 41 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £23.97 | £14.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £29.30 | £16.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.18 | £42.50 | £38.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -54.87% | +11.48% | -7.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.03 | £49.52 | £44.03 |
| 90th Percentile | £48.00 | £53.44 | £60.74 |
| North West median hourly rate | £21.56 | £35.50 | £20.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -39.28% | +71.13% | +12.14% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lancashire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lancashire.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lancashire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.
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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire
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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn | - | 2 | £783 | - | 6 |
| Lancaster | - | 1 | £800 | - | 1 |
| Blackpool | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Burnley | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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: