Problem-Solving Contracts in Durham

Problem Solving
North East > Durham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 11 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 4 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 5.48% 7.58% 13.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.52% 9.80% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 7
10th Percentile £533 £437 £105
25th Percentile £563 £470 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £160
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +243.75% -52.59%
75th Percentile £756 £575 £279
90th Percentile £828 - £398
North East median daily rate £563 £311 £470
% change year-on-year +80.72% -33.78% +32.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £11.50 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -24.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Durham

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 Durham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42 51 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 57.53% 77.27% 61.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 38 34
10th Percentile £190 £173 £105
25th Percentile £263 £231 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £416 £238
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% +75.26% +17.57%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £375
90th Percentile £588 £590 £593
North East median daily rate £500 £550 £480
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.58% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile £10.61 - £13.29
25th Percentile £11.13 - £13.99
Median hourly rate £15.46 - £16.78
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £20.77 - £20.44
90th Percentile - - £21.68
North East median hourly rate £17.50 £40.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year -57.06% +146.97% +6.45%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Durham

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Durham

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Durham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Durham over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Durham

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Durham

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Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Jobs
Darlington +1 1 - - 4
Problem-Solving
North East

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (50.00%) Solar Power
2 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP