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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 62 37 21
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 22.96% 23.27% 24.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.94% 24.50% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 30 16
10th Percentile £274 £356 -
25th Percentile £343 £426 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £529 £518
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +2.22% -5.91%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £582
90th Percentile £536 £600 -
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -10.60% -1.96% -2.86%

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 259 151 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 95.93% 94.97% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 122 64
10th Percentile £310 £324 £450
25th Percentile £358 £356 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £421 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% -19.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £489 £550 £582
90th Percentile £578 £638 £592
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.60% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £25.79 £24.81
% change year-on-year -11.39% +3.96% +58.40%

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 28 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 (6.45%) Confluence
1 4 (6.45%) JBoss
1 4 (6.45%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.61%) Apache
2 1 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.61%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.10%) AWS
2 14 (22.58%) Azure
3 9 (14.52%) GitHub
4 4 (6.45%) GitHub Copilot
4 4 (6.45%) OpenShift
5 3 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.84%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.23%) Apigee
6 2 (3.23%) BrowserStack
6 2 (3.23%) GCP
6 2 (3.23%) Kong
6 2 (3.23%) npm
7 1 (1.61%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.61%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (1.61%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.61%) AWS Data Pipeline
7 1 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.61%) Datadog
7 1 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) Firewall
1 1 (1.61%) HTTP
1 1 (1.61%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) MySQL
1 4 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (6.45%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.61%) Big Data
2 1 (1.61%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 26 (41.94%) JIRA
2 23 (37.10%) Git
3 11 (17.74%) GitLab
3 11 (17.74%) Jenkins
4 9 (14.52%) JUnit
5 5 (8.06%) Cucumber
6 4 (6.45%) Gradle
6 4 (6.45%) Maven
6 4 (6.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (4.84%) Selenium
7 3 (4.84%) TestRail
8 2 (3.23%) Cypress.io
8 2 (3.23%) Grunt
8 2 (3.23%) gulp
8 2 (3.23%) SonarQube
9 1 (1.61%) CircleCI
9 1 (1.61%) MLflow
General
1 34 (54.84%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (37.10%) Social Skills
3 22 (35.48%) Finance
4 15 (24.19%) Banking
5 7 (11.29%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (41.94%) Developer
2 17 (27.42%) Java Developer
3 9 (14.52%) Business Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) AWS Developer
5 5 (8.06%) Programme Manager
6 4 (6.45%) Architect
6 4 (6.45%) Governance Manager
6 4 (6.45%) Senior
6 4 (6.45%) Tester
7 3 (4.84%) Technical Manager
7 3 (4.84%) Technical Programme Manager
7 3 (4.84%) UAT Tester
8 2 (3.23%) Automation Test Lead
8 2 (3.23%) Cloud Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (3.23%) Lead
8 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (43.55%) REST
2 21 (33.87%) Spring
2 21 (33.87%) Spring Boot
3 11 (17.74%) RESTful
4 8 (12.90%) JMS
4 8 (12.90%) Kafka
4 8 (12.90%) SOAP
5 7 (11.29%) React
6 6 (9.68%) HTML
6 6 (9.68%) JSON
7 4 (6.45%) CSS
7 4 (6.45%) Hibernate
7 4 (6.45%) Spring MVC
7 4 (6.45%) Spring Security
8 3 (4.84%) Spring Cloud
9 2 (3.23%) CSS3
9 2 (3.23%) LESS
9 2 (3.23%) Redux
9 2 (3.23%) Sass
9 2 (3.23%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Cloud Native
2 9 (14.52%) Product Ownership
2 9 (14.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.84%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.23%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.61%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.61%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.61%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.06%) Linux
1 5 (8.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (58.06%) Agile
2 23 (37.10%) CI/CD
3 19 (30.65%) Microservices
4 18 (29.03%) SDLC
4 18 (29.03%) Test Automation
5 17 (27.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (27.42%) User Acceptance Testing
6 15 (24.19%) AI
6 15 (24.19%) Requirements Gathering
7 14 (22.58%) Containerisation
7 14 (22.58%) DevOps
8 12 (19.35%) Computer Science
9 11 (17.74%) TDD
9 11 (17.74%) Unit Testing
10 9 (14.52%) Scrum
11 8 (12.90%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 8 (12.90%) Migration
11 8 (12.90%) Performance Optimisation
11 8 (12.90%) Strategic Thinking
12 7 (11.29%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 28 (45.16%) Java
2 17 (27.42%) SQL
3 8 (12.90%) Python
4 4 (6.45%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.45%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.23%) Bash
5 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) Degree
2 11 (17.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 5 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (6.45%) CBAP
6 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.23%) BC Cleared
6 2 (3.23%) CSPO
6 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.23%) PMP
7 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.61%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.58%) QA
2 10 (16.13%) ISO 20022
3 9 (14.52%) SEPA
4 8 (12.90%) PSD2
5 3 (4.84%) GDPR
6 2 (3.23%) Accessibility
6 2 (3.23%) COBIT
6 2 (3.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (20.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (20.97%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.84%) HP ALM
3 2 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.61%) Ansible
4 1 (1.61%) Grafana
4 1 (1.61%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.61%) QRadar
4 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (24.19%) Oracle
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.52%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.84%) HP
4 3 (4.84%) Snow
4 3 (4.84%) Workday
5 2 (3.23%) IBM
5 2 (3.23%) IBM Sterling
5 2 (3.23%) MuleSoft
5 2 (3.23%) Perforce
6 1 (1.61%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.61%) Google
6 1 (1.61%) Splunk