Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 21 September 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 21 September 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
21 Sep 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 26 44 34
Rank change year-on-year +18 -10 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 89 48 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.92% 3.85% 5.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.88% 4.66% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 32 60
Cheshire median daily rate £375 £369 £439
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +1.69% -15.95% +9.69%
10th Percentile £243 £265 £300
90th Percentile £452 £480 £675
North West median daily rate £375 £375 £420
% change year-on-year - -10.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 7
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.00 £65.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -69.23% +333.33% -60.00%
10th Percentile £11.18 £40.50 £14.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £67.10 £16.30
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £40.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +166.67% -49.53%

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 1,130 1,029 1,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 87.87% 82.52% 86.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 718 1,068
Cheshire median daily rate £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - -3.03% -
10th Percentile £280 £263 £263
90th Percentile £538 £525 £597
North West median daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 43 33
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -7.89% +11.76% -0.96%
10th Percentile £12.50 £11.50 £13.00
90th Percentile £45.00 £53.00 £38.35
North West median hourly rate £22.18 £30.00 £21.75
% change year-on-year -26.06% +37.93% -26.82%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 21 September 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 +12 20 £365 -8.75% 3
Chester +11 20 £375 +9.89% 11
Warrington +6 14 £405 +35.00% 15
Ellesmere Port - 7 £250 - 1
Crewe -20 6 £397 +5.87% 1
Macclesfield - 5 £575 - 3
Runcorn - 1 - - 6
Alderley Edge - 1 £325 - 1
Problem-Solving
North West

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 40 (44.94%) Agile Software Development
2 31 (34.83%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (29.21%) SQL Server
4 25 (28.09%) Project Management
5 24 (26.97%) Finance
6 21 (23.60%) Windows
6 21 (23.60%) Decision-Making
7 20 (22.47%) SQL
7 20 (22.47%) .NET
8 18 (20.22%) C#
8 18 (20.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (20.22%) SDLC
9 17 (19.10%) Microsoft Azure
9 17 (19.10%) Web Services
10 16 (17.98%) Microsoft
10 16 (17.98%) Relational Database
10 16 (17.98%) Docker
11 15 (16.85%) ASP.NET
11 15 (16.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (15.73%) Teradata
12 14 (15.73%) .NET Framework
12 14 (15.73%) Visual Studio
12 14 (15.73%) DB2
12 14 (15.73%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (15.73%) NoSQL
12 14 (15.73%) Entity Framework
12 14 (15.73%) Redis
12 14 (15.73%) .NET Core
13 13 (14.61%) Linux
14 11 (12.36%) ITIL

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 9 (10.11%) Exchange Server 2010
1 9 (10.11%) MS Exchange
1 9 (10.11%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.87%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (4.49%) IIS
3 4 (4.49%) Skype for Business
4 3 (3.37%) CICS
4 3 (3.37%) Confluence
4 3 (3.37%) Tomcat
5 2 (2.25%) Apache
5 2 (2.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (2.25%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (2.25%) JBoss
5 2 (2.25%) WebLogic
6 1 (1.12%) CMS
6 1 (1.12%) OpenEdge
6 1 (1.12%) SAS
6 1 (1.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.37%) Fireworks
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.37%) Photoshop
3 3 (3.37%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.37%) HFM
1 3 (3.37%) SAP CO
1 3 (3.37%) SAP FI
1 3 (3.37%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (2.25%) Line 50
2 2 (2.25%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.12%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.10%) Microsoft Azure
2 9 (10.11%) Amazon AWS
3 8 (8.99%) Office 365
4 3 (3.37%) Yarn
5 2 (2.25%) GitHub
5 2 (2.25%) Google Cloud Platform
5 2 (2.25%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.25%) OpenShift
5 2 (2.25%) PaaS
6 1 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.49%) DNS
1 4 (4.49%) Skype
2 3 (3.37%) DMZ
2 3 (3.37%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.37%) IPsec
2 3 (3.37%) LAN
2 3 (3.37%) NAS
2 3 (3.37%) SAN
2 3 (3.37%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.37%) WAN
3 2 (2.25%) HTTP
3 2 (2.25%) VoIP
4 1 (1.12%) MD110
4 1 (1.12%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (29.21%) SQL Server
2 16 (17.98%) Relational Database
3 15 (16.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (15.73%) DB2
4 14 (15.73%) NoSQL
4 14 (15.73%) Redis
5 7 (7.87%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.25%) Power BI
7 1 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.12%) Big Data
7 1 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.12%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.12%) MS Access
7 1 (1.12%) MySQL
7 1 (1.12%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (15.73%) Visual Studio
2 4 (4.49%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.49%) JIRA
3 3 (3.37%) Axure RP
3 3 (3.37%) Git (software)
3 3 (3.37%) Grunt
3 3 (3.37%) gulp
3 3 (3.37%) Karma Test Runner
3 3 (3.37%) Mocha
3 3 (3.37%) Selenium
4 2 (2.25%) Cucumber
4 2 (2.25%) GitLab
4 2 (2.25%) JMeter
5 1 (1.12%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.12%) Gradle
5 1 (1.12%) HP UFT
5 1 (1.12%) IntelliJ
5 1 (1.12%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.12%) LoadUI
5 1 (1.12%) Maven
General
1 24 (26.97%) Finance
2 5 (5.62%) Banking
3 4 (4.49%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.25%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.12%) Advertising
5 1 (1.12%) Back Office
5 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.12%) Games
5 1 (1.12%) Legal
5 1 (1.12%) Retail
5 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (26.97%) Developer
2 14 (15.73%) Lead Developer
3 8 (8.99%) Analyst
3 8 (8.99%) User Researcher
4 7 (7.87%) .NET Developer
4 7 (7.87%) Lead .NET Developer
4 7 (7.87%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (5.62%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
5 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (3.37%) Business Analyst
6 3 (3.37%) COBOL Developer
6 3 (3.37%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.25%) Architect
7 2 (2.25%) Consultant
7 2 (2.25%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.25%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.25%) Test Analyst
7 2 (2.25%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (22.47%) .NET
2 17 (19.10%) Web Services
3 15 (16.85%) ASP.NET
4 14 (15.73%) .NET Core
4 14 (15.73%) .NET Framework
4 14 (15.73%) Entity Framework
5 6 (6.74%) CSS
5 6 (6.74%) HTML
6 5 (5.62%) CSS3
6 5 (5.62%) HTML5
6 5 (5.62%) jQuery
6 5 (5.62%) SOAP
6 5 (5.62%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (3.37%) Ajax
7 3 (3.37%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.37%) Chai
7 3 (3.37%) Node.js
7 3 (3.37%) React
7 3 (3.37%) Sass
7 3 (3.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (34.83%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (8.99%) Mobile App
2 8 (8.99%) User Experience
3 6 (6.74%) Computer Science
3 6 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.62%) PMI
5 3 (3.37%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (3.37%) Mainframe
5 3 (3.37%) VSAM
6 2 (2.25%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.25%) Clustering
6 2 (2.25%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.25%) Handset
6 2 (2.25%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.25%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.12%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.12%) Photography
7 1 (1.12%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 21 (23.60%) Windows
2 13 (14.61%) Linux
3 10 (11.24%) Unix
4 7 (7.87%) Android
4 7 (7.87%) Apple iOS
5 6 (6.74%) Windows 7
6 3 (3.37%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
6 3 (3.37%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (3.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.25%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (44.94%) Agile Software Development
2 25 (28.09%) Project Management
3 21 (23.60%) Decision-Making
4 18 (20.22%) SDLC
4 18 (20.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (15.73%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (12.36%) ITIL
6 11 (12.36%) Migration
6 11 (12.36%) Scrum
7 8 (8.99%) Change Management
7 8 (8.99%) Qualitative Research
7 8 (8.99%) Risk Management
7 8 (8.99%) Service Delivery
8 7 (7.87%) Programme Management
8 7 (7.87%) Waterfall
9 6 (6.74%) Configuration Management
9 6 (6.74%) Customer Insight
9 6 (6.74%) OO
9 6 (6.74%) Time Management
9 6 (6.74%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.47%) SQL
2 18 (20.22%) C#
3 7 (7.87%) Java
4 6 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.62%) Python
6 3 (3.37%) COBOL
6 3 (3.37%) JCL
6 3 (3.37%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.25%) Apple Swift
7 2 (2.25%) Bash Shell
7 2 (2.25%) Objective-C
7 2 (2.25%) Perl
7 2 (2.25%) PHP
7 2 (2.25%) Ruby
7 2 (2.25%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.25%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.12%) ANSI SQL
8 1 (1.12%) OpenEdge ABL
8 1 (1.12%) VB
8 1 (1.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (5.62%) PMI Certification
2 4 (4.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (4.49%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.49%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.25%) Degree
4 2 (2.25%) ISEB
4 2 (2.25%) MCSA
4 2 (2.25%) MCSE
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.12%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.12%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.74%) SLA
2 2 (2.25%) QA
3 1 (1.12%) COBIT
3 1 (1.12%) COSO
3 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.12%) PMO
3 1 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (17.98%) Docker
2 5 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.49%) Active Directory
4 3 (3.37%) Time Sharing Option
4 3 (3.37%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.37%) XenApp
5 2 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.25%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 3 (3.37%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (3.37%) Opscode Chef
1 3 (3.37%) SCCM
1 3 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.25%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.25%) PaperCut
3 1 (1.12%) BladeLogic
3 1 (1.12%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.73%) Teradata
3 7 (7.87%) Oracle
4 6 (6.74%) IBM
5 5 (5.62%) VMware
6 4 (4.49%) HP
6 4 (4.49%) SAP
7 3 (3.37%) Adobe
7 3 (3.37%) Citrix
7 3 (3.37%) Hyperion
7 3 (3.37%) Pega
7 3 (3.37%) Symantec
8 2 (2.25%) Google
8 2 (2.25%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.25%) Sage
8 2 (2.25%) Siemens
8 2 (2.25%) Splunk
8 2 (2.25%) Twitter
9 1 (1.12%) Progress
9 1 (1.12%) Sybase