Problem Solving
North West > Merseyside
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 15 | 31 | 17 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | -14 | -9 |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 17 | 18 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | 7.56% | 5.49% | 8.77% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 9.66% | 6.29% | 9.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 12 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £414 | £164 |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | £455 | £241 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £324 | £525 | £438 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.33% | +20.00% | +94.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £581 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £600 | £600 |
| North West median daily rate | £493 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.56% | - | +7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.41 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £19.03 | £21.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £20.06 | £22.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.87% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £21.08 | £23.75 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £21.70 | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £11.20 | £27.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -59.29% | +37.50% | +17.65% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 176 | 286 | 324 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 78.22% | 87.20% | 88.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 88 | 217 | 222 |
| 10th Percentile | £144 | £303 | £177 |
| 25th Percentile | £245 | £400 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £488 | £430 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.95% | +13.37% | +16.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £498 | £550 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £634 | £638 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 9 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.24 | £9.23 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £16.25 | £9.92 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.50 | £18.50 | £12.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +52.55% | -3.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.32 | £23.75 | £16.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £37.18 | £27.84 | £34.02 |
| North West median hourly rate | £22.11 | £36.00 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.58% | +71.43% | +15.93% |
Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Merseyside.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Merseyside over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Merseyside.
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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside
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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | +5 | 11 | £225 | -54.55% | 50 |
| Birkenhead | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Problem-Solving North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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: