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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 2 13
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 51 34 22
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 22.47% 29.82% 24.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.97% 30.91% 25.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 29 17
10th Percentile £270 £347 -
25th Percentile £323 £356 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £447 £553 £582
90th Percentile £500 £600 £582
Cheshire median daily rate £415 £496 £510
% change year-on-year -16.35% -2.72% +3.76%

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 222 110 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.80% 96.49% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 93 65
10th Percentile £310 £342 £450
25th Percentile £356 £356 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £390 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -25.71% +13.88%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £582
90th Percentile £579 £638 £594
Cheshire median daily rate £438 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £23.61
% change year-on-year -5.50% +2.41% +48.40%

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 1 January 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 9 (17.65%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) Apache
2 1 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.96%) CMS
2 1 (1.96%) JBoss
2 1 (1.96%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 21 (41.18%) AWS
2 16 (31.37%) Azure
3 4 (7.84%) Apigee
3 4 (7.84%) GitHub
3 4 (7.84%) GitHub Copilot
3 4 (7.84%) Kong
4 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.92%) GCP
6 1 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.96%) Amazon Glacier
6 1 (1.96%) Amazon Kinesis
6 1 (1.96%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Data Pipeline
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.96%) Datadog
6 1 (1.96%) npm
6 1 (1.96%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Firewall
1 1 (1.96%) HTTP
1 1 (1.96%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) MySQL
1 4 (7.84%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (7.84%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.96%) Big Data
2 1 (1.96%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (45.10%) JIRA
2 15 (29.41%) Git
3 6 (11.76%) GitLab
4 3 (5.88%) Jenkins
4 3 (5.88%) TestRail
5 1 (1.96%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.96%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.96%) Gradle
5 1 (1.96%) Grunt
5 1 (1.96%) gulp
5 1 (1.96%) JUnit
5 1 (1.96%) Maven
5 1 (1.96%) MLflow
5 1 (1.96%) Postman
5 1 (1.96%) Selenium
5 1 (1.96%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (49.02%) Finance
3 21 (41.18%) Banking
4 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
5 7 (13.73%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.84%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Developer
2 13 (25.49%) Analyst
2 13 (25.49%) Business Analyst
3 9 (17.65%) Java Developer
4 5 (9.80%) Programme Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Governance Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Business Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Programme Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Tester
6 3 (5.88%) UAT Tester
7 2 (3.92%) Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Change Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Cloud Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) React Developer
7 2 (3.92%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (33.33%) REST
2 13 (25.49%) Spring
2 13 (25.49%) Spring Boot
3 8 (15.69%) JMS
3 8 (15.69%) JSON
4 7 (13.73%) RESTful
5 6 (11.76%) SOAP
6 5 (9.80%) HTML
6 5 (9.80%) Swagger
6 5 (9.80%) XML
7 4 (7.84%) Hibernate
7 4 (7.84%) JWT
7 4 (7.84%) OAuth
7 4 (7.84%) OpenAPI
7 4 (7.84%) Spring MVC
7 4 (7.84%) Spring Security
8 3 (5.88%) CSS
8 3 (5.88%) CSS3
8 3 (5.88%) HTML5
8 3 (5.88%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Cloud Native
2 9 (17.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 8 (15.69%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (1.96%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.96%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.96%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Linux
1 2 (3.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (68.63%) Agile
2 22 (43.14%) CI/CD
3 21 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (31.37%) Requirements Gathering
5 15 (29.41%) DevOps
6 14 (27.45%) Containerisation
6 14 (27.45%) SDLC
7 13 (25.49%) Microservices
7 13 (25.49%) Test Automation
7 13 (25.49%) User Acceptance Testing
8 12 (23.53%) Computer Science
9 10 (19.61%) Change Management
10 9 (17.65%) AI
11 8 (15.69%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 8 (15.69%) Sprint Planning
11 8 (15.69%) Unit Testing
12 7 (13.73%) Acceptance Criteria
12 7 (13.73%) Integration Testing
12 7 (13.73%) Strategic Thinking
12 7 (13.73%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (31.37%) Java
2 12 (23.53%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) Python
4 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.92%) Bash
5 2 (3.92%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.92%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 11 (21.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 5 (9.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.92%) BC Cleared
5 2 (3.92%) CBAP
5 2 (3.92%) CSPO
5 2 (3.92%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.92%) PMP
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.96%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) ISO 20022
2 9 (17.65%) PSD2
2 9 (17.65%) QA
2 9 (17.65%) SEPA
3 3 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.92%) GDPR
5 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.96%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 13 (25.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (25.49%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.88%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.96%) Ansible
3 1 (1.96%) Grafana
3 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.96%) QRadar
3 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (23.53%) Oracle
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.84%) MuleSoft
4 3 (5.88%) HP
4 3 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.88%) Snow
4 3 (5.88%) Workday
5 2 (3.92%) IBM
5 2 (3.92%) IBM Sterling
6 1 (1.96%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.96%) Google
6 1 (1.96%) Perforce
6 1 (1.96%) Splunk