Problem Solving
North West > Lancashire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 26 | 21 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | -11 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | 3.08% | 5.37% | 12.69% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.90% | 6.16% | 13.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £674 | £372 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £691 | £406 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £783 | £491 | £487 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.63% | +0.82% | +21.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £816 | £528 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £866 | £587 | £613 |
| North West median daily rate | £493 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.56% | - | +12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.53 | £38.52 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.81 | £42.47 | £17.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.25 | £52.74 | £39.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.50% | +33.52% | -5.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.31 | £55.64 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £26.98 | £61.55 | £51.45 |
| North West median hourly rate | £11.20 | £27.50 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -59.29% | +42.89% | +13.21% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire
Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 154 | 211 | 239 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 78.97% | 87.19% | 91.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 74 | 118 | 156 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £339 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £533 | £477 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.94% | +11.52% | +19.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £625 | £578 |
| 90th Percentile | £747 | £700 | £706 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 51 | 42 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £22.31 | £14.46 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £28.85 | £16.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.18 | £42.50 | £39.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -54.87% | +7.59% | -3.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.03 | £49.52 | £44.03 |
| 90th Percentile | £48.00 | £53.43 | £60.34 |
| North West median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £20.49 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +70.82% | +10.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lancashire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lancashire.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Lancashire over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.
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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn | - | 2 | £783 | - | 9 |
| Blackpool | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Burnley | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Lancaster | - | 1 | £800 | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: