Problem-Solving Contracts in Crewe

Problem Solving
Cheshire > Crewe

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Crewe 13.79% 5.71% 14.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% 7.14% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £389 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile £520 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £505 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +12.22% -6.25% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.00 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 - £27.50
75th Percentile £38.00 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £53.50 £42.50 £25.33
% change year-on-year +25.88% +67.82% -14.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Crewe

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 Crewe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28 28 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Crewe 96.55% 80.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 34
10th Percentile £374 £403 £215
25th Percentile £405 £494 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £583 £540
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +7.87% +23.43%
75th Percentile £638 £610 £548
90th Percentile £663 £624 £586
Cheshire median daily rate £446 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -6.60% -4.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £29.59 - -
25th Percentile £29.73 £35.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £34.50 £36.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% +32.73% +12.24%
75th Percentile £49.81 £37.25 £28.75
90th Percentile £71.08 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.20 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year +0.57% +14.60% +40.22%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Crewe

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Crewe

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Crewe

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Crewe

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Crewe over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Crewe

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Crewe

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Crewe

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

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Query
General
1 3 (75.00%) Automotive
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Planner
1 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Key Management
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) AUTOSAR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft