Problem-Solving Contracts in Bolton

Problem Solving
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 11 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 34.38% 6.25% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 40.74% 6.67% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £152 - -
25th Percentile £155 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.62% - -
75th Percentile £188 £538 -
90th Percentile £191 - -
Manchester median daily rate £463 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
Manchester median hourly rate £15.90 £60.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -73.50% +328.57% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27 15 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 84.38% 93.75% 83.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 1
10th Percentile £155 £406 -
25th Percentile £164 £429 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -62.24% +3.16% +58.33%
75th Percentile £236 £528 £488
90th Percentile £255 £538 -
Manchester median daily rate £468 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 23
10th Percentile £54.60 £24.15 £26.17
25th Percentile - £26.39 £38.49
Median hourly rate £60.00 £41.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -36.92% +31.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £57.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £78.75 -
Manchester median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
% change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Bolton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Bolton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Bolton

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) GCP
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) DHCP
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
1 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
1 4 (36.36%) VPN
2 2 (18.18%) Remote Desktop
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) French Language
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) IT Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) IT Support
1 6 (54.55%) IT Support Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Support Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Project Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Coordinator
3 2 (18.18%) CRM Coordinator
3 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Support
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Coordinator
4 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Fat Client
2 2 (18.18%) Thin Client
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Customer Service
2 5 (45.45%) ITSM
2 5 (45.45%) Service Management
3 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
4 2 (18.18%) CRM
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Segmentation
4 2 (18.18%) Data Management
4 2 (18.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.09%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) A+ Certification
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Google