Problem Solving
Lancashire > Blackburn
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Blackburn requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 5 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Blackburn | - | 20.00% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 20.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £783 | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £518 | £783 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.91% | +56.60% | +2.77% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Blackburn
Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Blackburn.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackburn | 100.00% | 100.00% | 52.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £413 | £140 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £425 | £343 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.09% | -23.89% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £646 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £783 | £590 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £533 | £538 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.93% | -0.46% | +13.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £22.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £24.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £26.25 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £28.75 | £19.18 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +49.90% | -54.87% | +7.59% |
Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Blackburn.
Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Blackburn
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Blackburn.