Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 18 July 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 18 July 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Problem-Solving
North West > Cheshire
6 months to
18 Jul 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 23 40 43
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 -11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 94 52 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.95% 4.22% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.10% 5.01% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 33 63
Cheshire median daily rate £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -6.25%
10th Percentile £314 £287 £215
90th Percentile £450 £486 £604
North West median daily rate £375 £388 £400
% change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 9
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.00 £44.95 £15.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -55.51% +199.67% -26.83%
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £42.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -52.94% +150.00% -22.41%

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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,161 1,038 1,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.81% 84.18% 85.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 736 1,095
Cheshire median daily rate £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
10th Percentile £266 £263 £263
90th Percentile £538 £525 £575
North West median daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 48 41
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.50 £30.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -41.67% +71.43% -
10th Percentile £11.02 £12.13 £13.00
90th Percentile £62.25 £51.50 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £24.50 £36.74 £27.00
% change year-on-year -33.31% +36.06% -0.61%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 July 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 July 2018.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cheshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 July 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies
Knutsford +10 25 £363 -2.68%
Chester +11 21 £375 -4.76% 17
Warrington -4 9 £465 +43.08% 13
Crewe -12 8 £388 +3.33% 5
Macclesfield +2 3 - - 5
Runcorn +3 2 £330 - 3
Ellesmere Port - 2 £338 - 3
Alderley Edge - 1 £325 - 2
Problem-Solving
North West

For the 6 months to 18 July 2018, IT contractor jobs citing Problem-Solving also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region with a requirement for Problem-Solving.

1 45 (47.87%) Agile Software Development
2 43 (45.74%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (32.98%) SQL Server
4 26 (27.66%) SQL
5 25 (26.60%) Project Management
6 24 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (22.34%) Finance
7 21 (22.34%) C#
7 21 (22.34%) Linux
8 20 (21.28%) Windows
8 20 (21.28%) Docker
9 19 (20.21%) .NET
10 17 (18.09%) Scrum
10 17 (18.09%) Entity Framework
11 16 (17.02%) Microsoft Azure
11 16 (17.02%) Relational Database
11 16 (17.02%) Decision-Making
11 16 (17.02%) .NET Framework
11 16 (17.02%) Web Services
11 16 (17.02%) Java
12 15 (15.96%) ASP.NET
12 15 (15.96%) Unix
12 15 (15.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 14 (14.89%) Teradata
13 14 (14.89%) Visual Studio
13 14 (14.89%) DB2
13 14 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (14.89%) HP
13 14 (14.89%) .NET Core
13 14 (14.89%) Redis

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring IT Skills in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (13.83%) Tomcat
2 9 (9.57%) JBoss
3 8 (8.51%) Apache
4 6 (6.38%) IIS
5 4 (4.26%) SharePoint
6 3 (3.19%) Apache Solr
6 3 (3.19%) Confluence
6 3 (3.19%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (3.19%) Jupyter
6 3 (3.19%) NServiceBus
6 3 (3.19%) WebLogic
7 2 (2.13%) CICS
7 2 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (2.13%) MS Exchange
7 2 (2.13%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (2.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (1.06%) CMS
8 1 (1.06%) OpenEdge
8 1 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (1.06%) WebLogic Integration
Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.06%) Fireworks
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.06%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) HFM
1 3 (3.19%) SAP CO
1 3 (3.19%) SAP FI
1 3 (3.19%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (2.13%) Line 50
2 2 (2.13%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.02%) Microsoft Azure
2 6 (6.38%) Amazon AWS
2 6 (6.38%) OpenShift
3 5 (5.32%) Office 365
4 4 (4.26%) PaaS
5 2 (2.13%) GitHub
5 2 (2.13%) Google Cloud Platform
5 2 (2.13%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.06%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.06%) Sauce Labs
6 1 (1.06%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.57%) TCP/IP
2 8 (8.51%) Ethernet
3 7 (7.45%) LAN
3 7 (7.45%) SAN
3 7 (7.45%) WAN
4 6 (6.38%) DMZ
4 6 (6.38%) IPsec
4 6 (6.38%) NAS
5 3 (3.19%) VoIP
6 2 (2.13%) DNS
6 2 (2.13%) HTTP
6 2 (2.13%) Skype
6 2 (2.13%) SSH
7 1 (1.06%) Firewall
7 1 (1.06%) FTP
7 1 (1.06%) Internet
7 1 (1.06%) MPLS
7 1 (1.06%) SMS
7 1 (1.06%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (32.98%) SQL Server
2 16 (17.02%) Relational Database
3 15 (15.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (14.89%) DB2
4 14 (14.89%) NoSQL
4 14 (14.89%) Redis
5 3 (3.19%) Hadoop
5 3 (3.19%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.19%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (2.13%) MS Access
6 2 (2.13%) Power BI
6 2 (2.13%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.06%) Big Data
7 1 (1.06%) GIS
7 1 (1.06%) MySQL
7 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (14.89%) Visual Studio
2 11 (11.70%) Jenkins
2 11 (11.70%) JIRA
3 10 (10.64%) Git (software)
4 7 (7.45%) Selenium
5 4 (4.26%) gulp
5 4 (4.26%) JUnit
6 3 (3.19%) CA Release Automation
6 3 (3.19%) IntelliJ
6 3 (3.19%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (3.19%) Protractor
6 3 (3.19%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (3.19%) TeamCity
7 2 (2.13%) Cucumber
7 2 (2.13%) GitLab
7 2 (2.13%) Gradle
7 2 (2.13%) JMeter
8 1 (1.06%) Grunt
8 1 (1.06%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (1.06%) LoadUI
General
1 21 (22.34%) Finance
2 7 (7.45%) Legal
3 6 (6.38%) Banking
3 6 (6.38%) Billing
4 4 (4.26%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.13%) General Ledger
5 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.06%) Advertising
6 1 (1.06%) Games
6 1 (1.06%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.06%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (34.04%) Developer
2 14 (14.89%) Lead Developer
3 9 (9.57%) .NET Developer
4 8 (8.51%) Analyst
5 7 (7.45%) Lead .NET Developer
6 6 (6.38%) Designer
6 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (5.32%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (5.32%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
8 4 (4.26%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.26%) Middleware Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Administrator
9 3 (3.19%) C# Developer
9 3 (3.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) PHP Developer
9 3 (3.19%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.19%) Python Developer
9 3 (3.19%) SCCM Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (20.21%) .NET
2 17 (18.09%) Entity Framework
3 16 (17.02%) .NET Framework
3 16 (17.02%) Web Services
4 15 (15.96%) ASP.NET
5 14 (14.89%) .NET Core
6 7 (7.45%) AngularJS
6 7 (7.45%) CSS
6 7 (7.45%) HTML
7 6 (6.38%) CSS3
7 6 (6.38%) HTML5
7 6 (6.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 5 (5.32%) jQuery
9 4 (4.26%) Middleware
9 4 (4.26%) REST
9 4 (4.26%) Sass
10 3 (3.19%) Ajax
10 3 (3.19%) Anaconda
10 3 (3.19%) IBM Integration Bus
10 3 (3.19%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 43 (45.74%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (6.38%) User Experience
3 5 (5.32%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.32%) PMI
3 5 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.26%) Computer Science
5 3 (3.19%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.13%) Clustering
6 2 (2.13%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (2.13%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (2.13%) VSAM
7 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.06%) Online Banking
7 1 (1.06%) Photography
7 1 (1.06%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.06%) Replication
7 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (22.34%) Linux
2 20 (21.28%) Windows
3 15 (15.96%) Unix
4 7 (7.45%) Android
4 7 (7.45%) Apple iOS
5 6 (6.38%) Windows Server
5 6 (6.38%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (6.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (5.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.13%) AIX
7 2 (2.13%) Solaris
7 2 (2.13%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.13%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.06%) HPUX
8 1 (1.06%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (47.87%) Agile Software Development
2 25 (26.60%) Project Management
3 24 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (18.09%) Scrum
5 16 (17.02%) Decision-Making
6 14 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (12.77%) Migration
7 12 (12.77%) SDLC
7 12 (12.77%) Time Management
8 11 (11.70%) Change Management
8 11 (11.70%) Configuration Management
8 11 (11.70%) ITIL
9 9 (9.57%) DevOps
10 8 (8.51%) Asset Management
10 8 (8.51%) Test Automation
11 7 (7.45%) Acceptance Criteria
11 7 (7.45%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (7.45%) IT Strategy
11 7 (7.45%) Risk Management
11 7 (7.45%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.66%) SQL
2 21 (22.34%) C#
3 16 (17.02%) Java
4 10 (10.64%) Python
5 9 (9.57%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.32%) Bash Shell
6 5 (5.32%) PHP
6 5 (5.32%) PowerShell
7 4 (4.26%) Ruby
8 3 (3.19%) Go
8 3 (3.19%) Perl
8 3 (3.19%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.13%) Apple Swift
9 2 (2.13%) COBOL
9 2 (2.13%) Groovy
9 2 (2.13%) JCL
9 2 (2.13%) Objective-C
9 2 (2.13%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.13%) VB
9 2 (2.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (5.32%) PMI Certification
2 4 (4.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (3.19%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.13%) ISEB
4 2 (2.13%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (2.13%) MCSA
4 2 (2.13%) MCSE
4 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.13%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.06%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) PMO
1 2 (2.13%) QA
1 2 (2.13%) SLA
2 1 (1.06%) COBIT
2 1 (1.06%) COSO
2 1 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (21.28%) Docker
2 9 (9.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.38%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (6.38%) XenApp
4 3 (3.19%) Active Directory
5 2 (2.13%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.13%) VirtualBox
6 1 (1.06%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (8.51%) Opscode Chef
2 7 (7.45%) HP ALM
3 6 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.38%) Norton AntiVirus
3 6 (6.38%) SCCM
4 3 (3.19%) logstash
5 2 (2.13%) PaperCut
6 1 (1.06%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (14.89%) HP
1 14 (14.89%) Teradata
2 13 (13.83%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.57%) Oracle
3 9 (9.57%) VMware
4 6 (6.38%) Citrix
4 6 (6.38%) Symantec
5 5 (5.32%) IBM
5 5 (5.32%) Red Hat
6 4 (4.26%) SAP
7 3 (3.19%) Ab Initio
7 3 (3.19%) Hyperion
7 3 (3.19%) Splunk
8 2 (2.13%) AppDynamics
8 2 (2.13%) Google
8 2 (2.13%) Sage
8 2 (2.13%) Siemens
8 2 (2.13%) Twitter
9 1 (1.06%) Adobe
9 1 (1.06%) Progress