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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 4 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 52 61 15
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 18.71% 26.29% 8.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% 27.35% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 60 13
10th Percentile £311 £331 £322
25th Percentile £350 £384 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £467 £533
Median % change year-on-year -13.92% -12.38% -9.04%
75th Percentile £494 £512 £567
90th Percentile £613 £627 £576
Cheshire median daily rate £443 £492 £520
% change year-on-year -9.96% -5.38% +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 260 223 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 93.53% 96.12% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 208 141
10th Percentile £350 £321 £349
25th Percentile £404 £358 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £402 £465
Median % change year-on-year +15.67% -13.55% -17.70%
75th Percentile £588 £491 £580
90th Percentile £653 £537 £630
Cheshire median daily rate £465 £447 £475
% change year-on-year +4.03% -5.89% -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 27 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 14 (26.92%) Confluence
2 2 (3.85%) Camunda
3 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 23 (44.23%) Azure
2 18 (34.62%) AWS
3 8 (15.38%) GCP
4 7 (13.46%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.85%) Apigee
5 2 (3.85%) AWS KMS
5 2 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (3.85%) GitHub
5 2 (3.85%) Kong
5 2 (3.85%) OpenShift
5 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.92%) Akamai
6 1 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.92%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (1.92%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.62%) Firewall
1 5 (9.62%) Kerberos
2 2 (3.85%) DNS
3 1 (1.92%) HTTP
3 1 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.92%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (32.69%) JIRA
2 7 (13.46%) GitLab
3 5 (9.62%) Git
4 4 (7.69%) JUnit
4 4 (7.69%) Postman
5 3 (5.77%) Jenkins
5 3 (5.77%) Mockito
6 1 (1.92%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.92%) Claude Code
6 1 (1.92%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.92%) IntelliJ
6 1 (1.92%) Selenium
6 1 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (59.62%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (53.85%) Finance
3 22 (42.31%) Banking
4 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Retail Banking
6 3 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Billing
7 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Analyst
2 12 (23.08%) Developer
3 9 (17.31%) Business Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Architect
4 5 (9.62%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (7.69%) Java Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Consultant
6 3 (5.77%) Payments Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Payments Business Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) React Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Banking Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Banking Business Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Designer
7 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.85%) Lead
7 2 (3.85%) Salesforce Developer
7 2 (3.85%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.85%) Solutions Designer
7 2 (3.85%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (30.77%) REST
2 10 (19.23%) JSON
3 7 (13.46%) Swagger
4 6 (11.54%) HTML
4 6 (11.54%) OAuth
4 6 (11.54%) RESTful
4 6 (11.54%) SOAP
4 6 (11.54%) XML
5 5 (9.62%) CSS
5 5 (9.62%) LDAP
5 5 (9.62%) Spring
6 4 (7.69%) HTML5
6 4 (7.69%) OpenAPI
6 4 (7.69%) React
6 4 (7.69%) Spring Boot
7 3 (5.77%) CSS3
7 3 (5.77%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (5.77%) MobX
7 3 (5.77%) Redux
7 3 (5.77%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 6 (11.54%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (5.77%) Digital Wallet
4 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (3.85%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.85%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.85%) PKI
5 2 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.85%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.92%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.62%) Linux
1 5 (9.62%) Windows
2 2 (3.85%) AIX
2 2 (3.85%) HPUX
2 2 (3.85%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.85%) Solaris
2 2 (3.85%) SUSE
2 2 (3.85%) Unix
2 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) Agile
2 18 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (28.85%) CI/CD
4 14 (26.92%) Change Management
5 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (19.23%) Integration Patterns
5 10 (19.23%) ITIL
5 10 (19.23%) Test Automation
6 9 (17.31%) DevOps
6 9 (17.31%) Requirements Gathering
6 9 (17.31%) Scrum
7 7 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (13.46%) Performance Optimisation
7 7 (13.46%) Sprint Planning
7 7 (13.46%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (11.54%) API Design
8 6 (11.54%) Computer Science
8 6 (11.54%) Runbook
8 6 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (11.54%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) Java
2 10 (19.23%) PowerShell
3 6 (11.54%) JavaScript
3 6 (11.54%) Python
3 6 (11.54%) SQL
4 5 (9.62%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.77%) Apex Code
5 3 (5.77%) Bash
6 1 (1.92%) Bicep
6 1 (1.92%) C#
6 1 (1.92%) SOQL
6 1 (1.92%) SOSL
6 1 (1.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (19.23%) Degree
3 8 (15.38%) CISSP
4 5 (9.62%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (7.69%) CEH
5 4 (7.69%) CISM
6 3 (5.77%) CISA
6 3 (5.77%) CRISC
6 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
7 2 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (3.85%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.85%) GIAC
7 2 (3.85%) OSCP
7 2 (3.85%) PMI Certification
7 2 (3.85%) PMP
7 2 (3.85%) RHCE
8 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) NIST
2 6 (11.54%) GRC
2 6 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (11.54%) PSD2
3 4 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 3 (5.77%) ISO 20022
4 3 (5.77%) QA
4 3 (5.77%) SEPA
5 2 (3.85%) ISO 8583
5 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (3.85%) SLA
6 1 (1.92%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.62%) Docker
3 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.92%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.69%) Ansible
3 2 (3.85%) Argo
3 2 (3.85%) Grafana
3 2 (3.85%) Terraform
3 2 (3.85%) WMI
4 1 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.92%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
1 5 (9.62%) Oracle
1 5 (9.62%) ServiceNow
2 3 (5.77%) Red Hat
2 3 (5.77%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.85%) Google
3 2 (3.85%) HP
3 2 (3.85%) MuleSoft
3 2 (3.85%) Okta
3 2 (3.85%) Splunk
4 1 (1.92%) Pure Storage
4 1 (1.92%) Snow
4 1 (1.92%) Veracode
4 1 (1.92%) VMware