Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 21 November 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 November 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 Nov 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 41 39 33
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 64 59 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 4.97% 4.39% 5.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 5.21% 6.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 43 54
Cheshire median daily rate £364 £350 £451
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +4.00% -22.44% +9.06%
10th Percentile £205 £217 £300
90th Percentile £453 £488 £675
North West median daily rate £380 £370 £425
% change year-on-year +2.84% -13.06% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Cheshire median hourly rate £27.50 - £15.00
10th Percentile £9.71 - £14.50
90th Percentile £70.00 - £15.50
North West median hourly rate £19.29 £40.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -51.78% +185.71% -61.38%

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 1,107 1,133 1,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.88% 84.36% 86.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 729 812 905
Cheshire median daily rate £400 £420 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.88%
10th Percentile £275 £263 £249
90th Percentile £538 £618 £620
North West median daily rate £405 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +1.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 40 31
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.60 £13.00 £19.63
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +35.38% -33.76% +12.14%
10th Percentile £13.45 £11.03 £13.00
90th Percentile £47.50 £35.00 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £21.76 £28.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -22.29% +33.05% -30.20%

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 November 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 November 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 November 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 +1 17 £410 +17.14% 6
Warrington +2 12 £325 +8.33% 12
Chester -5 8 £350 +36.59% 5
Ellesmere Port - 7 £250 -
Crewe -18 6 £374 -0.40%
Macclesfield - 3 £575 - 1
Alderley Edge +1 1 £325 -23.53% 1
Runcorn - 1 - - 7
Problem-Solving
North West

For the 6 months to 21 November 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 24 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (32.81%) Agile Software Development
3 18 (28.13%) Finance
3 18 (28.13%) Decision-Making
4 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
5 13 (20.31%) SDLC
6 12 (18.75%) Windows
6 12 (18.75%) SQL
6 12 (18.75%) SQL Server
6 12 (18.75%) Project Management
7 11 (17.19%) MS Exchange
7 11 (17.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (15.63%) Risk Management
9 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (14.06%) Linux
9 9 (14.06%) ITIL
9 9 (14.06%) Office 365
10 8 (12.50%) Banking
10 8 (12.50%) SharePoint
10 8 (12.50%) Migration
10 8 (12.50%) Service Delivery
11 7 (10.94%) Scrum
11 7 (10.94%) .NET
11 7 (10.94%) HTML
11 7 (10.94%) Amazon AWS
11 7 (10.94%) SQL Server 2008
11 7 (10.94%) SharePoint 2013
11 7 (10.94%) Mobile App
12 6 (9.38%) Customer Insight
12 6 (9.38%) Qualitative Research

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 11 (17.19%) Exchange Server 2010
1 11 (17.19%) MS Exchange
2 8 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 7 (10.94%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (7.81%) Skype for Business
5 4 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (4.69%) CICS
7 1 (1.56%) Confluence
7 1 (1.56%) IIS
7 1 (1.56%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (1.56%) SAS
7 1 (1.56%) Tomcat
7 1 (1.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.69%) Fireworks
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.69%) Photoshop
2 3 (4.69%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Finacle
1 1 (1.56%) HFM
1 1 (1.56%) Line 50
1 1 (1.56%) Sage X3
1 1 (1.56%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.56%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.56%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.06%) Office 365
2 7 (10.94%) Amazon AWS
3 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Azure
4 3 (4.69%) Yarn
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.81%) DNS
1 5 (7.81%) Skype
2 1 (1.56%) DHCP
2 1 (1.56%) MD110
2 1 (1.56%) PBX
2 1 (1.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.94%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (6.25%) Relational Database
4 3 (4.69%) DB2
5 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
5 2 (3.13%) Redis
5 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.56%) GIS
6 1 (1.56%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.56%) MS Access
6 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Axure RP
1 3 (4.69%) Grunt
1 3 (4.69%) gulp
1 3 (4.69%) Karma Test Runner
1 3 (4.69%) Mocha
1 3 (4.69%) Selenium
1 3 (4.69%) Zephyr
2 2 (3.13%) Cucumber
2 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.13%) JIRA
2 2 (3.13%) JMeter
2 2 (3.13%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.56%) Ant
3 1 (1.56%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.56%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.56%) Gradle
3 1 (1.56%) HP UFT
3 1 (1.56%) IntelliJ
3 1 (1.56%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.56%) Maven
General
1 18 (28.13%) Finance
2 8 (12.50%) Banking
3 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.69%) Investment Banking
4 3 (4.69%) Law
5 1 (1.56%) Advertising
5 1 (1.56%) Back Office
5 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.56%) Games
5 1 (1.56%) Retail
5 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (15.63%) Developer
2 7 (10.94%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (9.38%) User Researcher
4 5 (7.81%) Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Tester
6 3 (4.69%) Applications Support
6 3 (4.69%) Architect
6 3 (4.69%) COBOL Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Manual Tester
6 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Consultant
7 2 (3.13%) Lead Developer
7 2 (3.13%) Linux Consultant
7 2 (3.13%) Mobile Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Senior UX Designer
7 2 (3.13%) Test Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Unix Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.94%) .NET
1 7 (10.94%) HTML
2 6 (9.38%) SOAP
3 5 (7.81%) CSS
4 4 (6.25%) CSS3
4 4 (6.25%) HTML5
4 4 (6.25%) jQuery
4 4 (6.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 3 (4.69%) Ajax
5 3 (4.69%) AngularJS
5 3 (4.69%) Chai
5 3 (4.69%) Node.js
5 3 (4.69%) React
5 3 (4.69%) Sass
5 3 (4.69%) Web Services
5 3 (4.69%) XML
6 2 (3.13%) .NET Core
6 2 (3.13%) .NET Framework
6 2 (3.13%) Entity Framework
6 2 (3.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (10.94%) Mobile App
3 6 (9.38%) User Experience
4 5 (7.81%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.69%) Computer Science
5 3 (4.69%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (4.69%) Mainframe
5 3 (4.69%) VSAM
6 2 (3.13%) Client/Server
6 2 (3.13%) Handset
6 2 (3.13%) PMI
6 2 (3.13%) Smartphone
6 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.56%) Photography
7 1 (1.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.75%) Windows
2 9 (14.06%) Linux
3 6 (9.38%) Apple iOS
3 6 (9.38%) Unix
3 6 (9.38%) Windows 7
4 5 (7.81%) Android
5 3 (4.69%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.56%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.81%) Agile Software Development
2 18 (28.13%) Decision-Making
3 13 (20.31%) SDLC
4 12 (18.75%) Project Management
5 10 (15.63%) Risk Management
6 9 (14.06%) ITIL
6 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.50%) Migration
7 8 (12.50%) Service Delivery
8 7 (10.94%) Scrum
9 6 (9.38%) Customer Insight
9 6 (9.38%) Qualitative Research
9 6 (9.38%) Quantitative Research
9 6 (9.38%) Usability Testing
10 5 (7.81%) ITSM
10 5 (7.81%) OO
10 5 (7.81%) Process Management
10 5 (7.81%) Programme Management
10 5 (7.81%) Test Automation
11 4 (6.25%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.75%) SQL
2 5 (7.81%) Java
2 5 (7.81%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.25%) C#
3 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.69%) COBOL
4 3 (4.69%) JCL
5 2 (3.13%) Perl
5 2 (3.13%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.13%) Python
6 1 (1.56%) ANSI SQL
6 1 (1.56%) Apple Swift
6 1 (1.56%) C
6 1 (1.56%) Objective-C
6 1 (1.56%) PHP
6 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.56%) VB
6 1 (1.56%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (9.38%) SC Cleared
1 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.13%) Degree
3 2 (3.13%) ISEB
3 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.13%) MCITP
3 2 (3.13%) MCSA
3 2 (3.13%) MCSE
3 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.56%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.56%) MCP
4 1 (1.56%) MCTS
4 1 (1.56%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) SLA
2 4 (6.25%) QA
3 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.56%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.69%) Time Sharing Option
3 2 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.56%) BladeLogic
2 1 (1.56%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.56%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) Oracle
3 4 (6.25%) IBM
3 4 (6.25%) Pega
4 3 (4.69%) Adobe
4 3 (4.69%) Splunk
5 2 (3.13%) SAP
5 2 (3.13%) Teradata
6 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.56%) HP
6 1 (1.56%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.56%) IronPort
6 1 (1.56%) Remedy
6 1 (1.56%) Sage
6 1 (1.56%) Siemens
6 1 (1.56%) Sybase
6 1 (1.56%) Twitter