Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Problem Solving
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 5 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 +17 -5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 55 53 15
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 19.30% 24.42% 8.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.60% 25.48% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 52 13
10th Percentile £313 £319 £322
25th Percentile £350 £366 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £458 £533
Median % change year-on-year -14.03% -14.07% -9.04%
75th Percentile £491 £520 £567
90th Percentile £610 £636 £576
Cheshire median daily rate £421 £503 £520
% change year-on-year -16.27% -3.37% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 267 208 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 93.68% 95.85% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 193 138
10th Percentile £348 £317 £343
25th Percentile £400 £358 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £402 £476
Median % change year-on-year +13.43% -15.59% -15.75%
75th Percentile £588 £492 £580
90th Percentile £653 £537 £638
Cheshire median daily rate £463 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +5.71% -7.89% -9.52%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Knutsford over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Knutsford

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (29.09%) Confluence
2 2 (3.64%) Camunda
3 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 23 (41.82%) Azure
2 21 (38.18%) AWS
3 8 (14.55%) GCP
4 6 (10.91%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.27%) Apigee
5 4 (7.27%) Kong
6 2 (3.64%) AWS KMS
6 2 (3.64%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (3.64%) GitHub
6 2 (3.64%) OpenShift
6 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.82%) Akamai
7 1 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.82%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (1.82%) Azure API Management
7 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.09%) Firewall
1 5 (9.09%) Kerberos
2 2 (3.64%) DNS
3 1 (1.82%) HTTP
3 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.82%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (36.36%) JIRA
2 6 (10.91%) GitLab
3 4 (7.27%) Git
3 4 (7.27%) JUnit
3 4 (7.27%) Postman
4 3 (5.45%) Mockito
5 2 (3.64%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.82%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.82%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.82%) IntelliJ
6 1 (1.82%) Selenium
6 1 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (54.55%) Finance
3 24 (43.64%) Banking
4 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (10.91%) Retail Banking
6 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Billing
7 2 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (30.91%) Analyst
2 13 (23.64%) Business Analyst
3 12 (21.82%) Developer
4 5 (9.09%) Architect
4 5 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (7.27%) Java Developer
5 4 (7.27%) React Developer
6 3 (5.45%) Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) Payments Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Payments Business Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) Applications Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Designer
7 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Salesforce Developer
7 2 (3.64%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Solutions Designer
7 2 (3.64%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (30.91%) REST
2 11 (20.00%) JSON
3 9 (16.36%) Swagger
4 8 (14.55%) SOAP
5 7 (12.73%) HTML
5 7 (12.73%) OAuth
5 7 (12.73%) RESTful
5 7 (12.73%) XML
6 6 (10.91%) CSS
6 6 (10.91%) OpenAPI
7 5 (9.09%) HTML5
7 5 (9.09%) LDAP
7 5 (9.09%) React
7 5 (9.09%) Spring
8 4 (7.27%) CSS3
8 4 (7.27%) JWT
8 4 (7.27%) MobX
8 4 (7.27%) Redux
8 4 (7.27%) Spring Boot
9 3 (5.45%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 6 (10.91%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (7.27%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (5.45%) Digital Wallet
4 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.64%) PKI
5 2 (3.64%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.82%) Online Banking
6 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Linux
2 4 (7.27%) Windows
3 2 (3.64%) AIX
3 2 (3.64%) HPUX
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (3.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (3.64%) Solaris
3 2 (3.64%) SUSE
3 2 (3.64%) Unix
4 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (52.73%) Agile
2 21 (38.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (30.91%) CI/CD
4 15 (27.27%) Change Management
5 13 (23.64%) Requirements Gathering
6 12 (21.82%) Integration Patterns
7 11 (20.00%) Scrum
8 10 (18.18%) DevOps
8 10 (18.18%) ITIL
8 10 (18.18%) Sprint Planning
8 10 (18.18%) Test Automation
9 8 (14.55%) Computer Science
9 8 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (14.55%) Performance Optimisation
9 8 (14.55%) User Stories
10 7 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (12.73%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (12.73%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (10.91%) API Design
11 6 (10.91%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.00%) Java
2 8 (14.55%) PowerShell
3 7 (12.73%) JavaScript
3 7 (12.73%) SQL
4 6 (10.91%) Python
4 6 (10.91%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.45%) Apex Code
5 3 (5.45%) Bash
6 1 (1.82%) Bicep
6 1 (1.82%) SOQL
6 1 (1.82%) SOSL
6 1 (1.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (23.64%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (21.82%) Degree
3 8 (14.55%) CISSP
4 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (7.27%) CEH
6 4 (7.27%) CISM
7 3 (5.45%) CISA
7 3 (5.45%) CRISC
7 3 (5.45%) Security Cleared
8 2 (3.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (3.64%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.64%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.64%) GIAC
8 2 (3.64%) OSCP
8 2 (3.64%) PMI Certification
8 2 (3.64%) PMP
8 2 (3.64%) RHCE
9 1 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) NIST
2 6 (10.91%) GRC
2 6 (10.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (10.91%) PSD2
3 4 (7.27%) PCI DSS
4 3 (5.45%) ISO 20022
4 3 (5.45%) QA
4 3 (5.45%) SEPA
5 2 (3.64%) ISO 8583
5 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (3.64%) SLA
6 1 (1.82%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.09%) Docker
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.82%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.64%) Ansible
2 2 (3.64%) Argo
2 2 (3.64%) Grafana
2 2 (3.64%) Terraform
3 1 (1.82%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.82%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.82%) WMI
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 5 (9.09%) Oracle
2 4 (7.27%) MuleSoft
2 4 (7.27%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.45%) Red Hat
3 3 (5.45%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.64%) Google
4 2 (3.64%) HP
4 2 (3.64%) Splunk
5 1 (1.82%) Okta
5 1 (1.82%) Pure Storage
5 1 (1.82%) Snow
5 1 (1.82%) Veracode
5 1 (1.82%) VMware
Problem-Solving jobs