Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Blackpool

Problem Solving
Lancashire > Blackpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Blackpool requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Blackpool 3.45% 15.79% 9.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 16.67% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £153 £618
Median % change year-on-year +259.48% -75.22% -
75th Percentile £575 £302 £626
90th Percentile - £391 -
Lancashire median daily rate £300 £450 £488
% change year-on-year -33.33% -7.69% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate £13.81 - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £39.92 £63.40 £27.50
% change year-on-year -37.03% +130.55% -40.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Blackpool

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 Blackpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 57 18 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool 98.28% 94.74% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 10 11
10th Percentile £400 £153 £259
25th Percentile £563 £378 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £300
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +50.00% -52.00%
75th Percentile £638 £513 £563
90th Percentile £688 £542 £650
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £493
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.42% -10.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 1
10th Percentile £13.91 - -
25th Percentile £14.06 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £21.14 £18.87 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.03% -31.38% -
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile £32.46 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.00 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year -4.50% +16.85% -12.68%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Blackpool

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Blackpool

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) RBAC
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SABSA
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST