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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 58 38 21
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 21.17% 21.47% 21.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.14% 22.49% 22.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 31 15
10th Percentile £298 £356 -
25th Percentile £356 £404 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.95% +5.00% -20.32%
75th Percentile £500 £574 £544
90th Percentile £538 £600 £582
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -5.16%

All Process and 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 262 169 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 95.62% 95.48% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 138 71
10th Percentile £310 £328 £450
25th Percentile £358 £360 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £428 £533
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -19.79% +8.78%
75th Percentile £492 £550 £586
90th Percentile £571 £685 £595
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £498 £510
% change year-on-year -10.25% -2.34% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.43 £32.50 £22.53
% change year-on-year -30.98% +44.25% +89.97%

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 14 November 2025.

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 4 (6.90%) Confluence
1 4 (6.90%) JBoss
1 4 (6.90%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (31.03%) AWS
2 11 (18.97%) Azure
3 6 (10.34%) GitHub
4 4 (6.90%) OpenShift
5 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.45%) BrowserStack
6 2 (3.45%) GCP
6 2 (3.45%) npm
7 1 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.72%) Amazon Glacier
7 1 (1.72%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (1.72%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.72%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.72%) AWS Data Pipeline
7 1 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.72%) Datadog
7 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Big Data
1 1 (1.72%) DynamoDB
1 1 (1.72%) MySQL
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (39.66%) JIRA
2 16 (27.59%) Git
3 11 (18.97%) Jenkins
4 9 (15.52%) JUnit
5 8 (13.79%) GitLab
6 5 (8.62%) Cucumber
7 4 (6.90%) Gradle
7 4 (6.90%) Maven
7 4 (6.90%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (5.17%) Selenium
8 3 (5.17%) TestRail
9 2 (3.45%) Cypress.io
9 2 (3.45%) Grunt
9 2 (3.45%) gulp
9 2 (3.45%) SonarQube
10 1 (1.72%) CircleCI
10 1 (1.72%) MLflow
General
1 38 (65.52%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (43.10%) Social Skills
3 16 (27.59%) Finance
4 15 (25.86%) Banking
5 7 (12.07%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (34.48%) Developer
2 13 (22.41%) Java Developer
3 10 (17.24%) Architect
4 7 (12.07%) Business Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) AWS Developer
6 5 (8.62%) Programme Manager
7 4 (6.90%) Governance Manager
7 4 (6.90%) Senior
7 4 (6.90%) Test Architect
7 4 (6.90%) Tester
8 3 (5.17%) Technical Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Technical Programme Manager
8 3 (5.17%) UAT Tester
9 2 (3.45%) Automation Test Lead
9 2 (3.45%) Cloud Consultant
9 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 2 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
9 2 (3.45%) Senior Security Architect
9 2 (3.45%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (37.93%) REST
2 15 (25.86%) Spring
2 15 (25.86%) Spring Boot
3 8 (13.79%) Kafka
3 8 (13.79%) RESTful
4 7 (12.07%) React
5 6 (10.34%) SOAP
6 5 (8.62%) HTML
6 5 (8.62%) JMS
7 4 (6.90%) CSS
7 4 (6.90%) JSON
8 3 (5.17%) Spring Cloud
9 2 (3.45%) AngularJS
9 2 (3.45%) Enzyme
9 2 (3.45%) Jest
9 2 (3.45%) LESS
9 2 (3.45%) Nightwatchjs
9 2 (3.45%) Node.js
9 2 (3.45%) Redux
9 2 (3.45%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.52%) Product Ownership
2 7 (12.07%) Cloud Native
3 6 (10.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.17%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.45%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.45%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.45%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.72%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Android
1 4 (6.90%) Apple iOS
1 4 (6.90%) Linux
1 4 (6.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (46.55%) Agile
2 19 (32.76%) CI/CD
3 16 (27.59%) Test Automation
4 15 (25.86%) SDLC
4 15 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (24.14%) Microservices
5 14 (24.14%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (20.69%) AI
7 10 (17.24%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (17.24%) Strategic Thinking
8 9 (15.52%) DevOps
8 9 (15.52%) Scrum
9 8 (13.79%) Business Strategy
9 8 (13.79%) Containerisation
9 8 (13.79%) Migration
9 8 (13.79%) TDD
9 8 (13.79%) Unit Testing
10 7 (12.07%) Computer Science
10 7 (12.07%) Sprint Planning
10 7 (12.07%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 22 (37.93%) Java
2 12 (20.69%) SQL
3 8 (13.79%) Python
4 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.90%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.45%) Bash
5 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) Degree
2 6 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (8.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (6.90%) CBAP
5 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.45%) BC Cleared
6 2 (3.45%) CSPO
6 2 (3.45%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.45%) PMP
6 2 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.72%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.97%) QA
2 10 (17.24%) SEPA
3 7 (12.07%) ISO 20022
4 5 (8.62%) PSD2
5 3 (5.17%) GDPR
6 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
6 2 (3.45%) COBIT
6 2 (3.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.17%) HP ALM
3 2 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.72%) Ansible
4 1 (1.72%) Grafana
4 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.72%) QRadar
4 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
1 10 (17.24%) Oracle
2 9 (15.52%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.17%) HP
3 3 (5.17%) Snow
3 3 (5.17%) Workday
4 2 (3.45%) IBM
4 2 (3.45%) IBM Sterling
4 2 (3.45%) Perforce
5 1 (1.72%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.72%) Google
5 1 (1.72%) Splunk