Problem-Solving Contracts in Liverpool

Problem Solving
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Liverpool requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 22 27
Rank change year-on-year +19 +5 -11
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 31 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 22.79% 5.91% 5.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.68% 7.33% 6.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 9
10th Percentile £187 - £360
25th Percentile £203 £213 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £225 £490
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -54.08% +8.89%
75th Percentile £638 £259 £575
90th Percentile £656 £398 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £475 £324 £500
% change year-on-year +46.72% -35.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £15.57 - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% -20.00% -
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile £25.78 - -
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £20.06 £22.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% -10.87% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 112 150 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 82.35% 80.65% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 67 185
10th Percentile £143 £143 £325
25th Percentile £163 £213 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £375 £490
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -23.47% +4.53%
75th Percentile £588 £494 £550
90th Percentile £654 £630 £655
Merseyside median daily rate £425 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 6
10th Percentile £13.28 - £16.22
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.11 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.49% +55.52%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.27 £19.13
90th Percentile £25.22 £36.99 £21.50
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £20.31 £18.00
% change year-on-year -14.11% +12.81% +48.42%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Liverpool

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Liverpool.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Liverpool

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Liverpool over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Liverpool

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Liverpool.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Liverpool

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Liverpool over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Liverpool

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) GCP
3 2 (6.45%) AWS
3 2 (6.45%) GitHub
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.45%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (9.68%) LAN
2 3 (9.68%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.45%) Essbase
1 2 (6.45%) Metadata
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Billing
4 2 (6.45%) Military
4 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) Data Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) IT Support
3 5 (16.13%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.90%) Cabling Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) IT Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Support Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Technical Manager
4 4 (12.90%) Technical Project Manager
5 3 (9.68%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Coordinator
6 2 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Essbase Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Principal Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) MDX
1 2 (6.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.23%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (32.26%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Linux
2 2 (6.45%) Mac OS
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.23%) Android
3 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
2 5 (16.13%) Project Management
2 5 (16.13%) Supplier Management
3 4 (12.90%) Agile
3 4 (12.90%) Analytics
3 4 (12.90%) Business Case
3 4 (12.90%) CI/CD
3 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
3 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
3 4 (12.90%) Time Management
4 3 (9.68%) Change Management
4 3 (9.68%) CRM
4 3 (9.68%) Customer Experience
4 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (9.68%) ETL
4 3 (9.68%) Line Management
4 3 (9.68%) Migration
4 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2
4 3 (9.68%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
1 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) A+ Certification
2 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) MCP
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Ansible
1 2 (6.45%) Terraform
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco
3 2 (6.45%) Talend
4 1 (3.23%) Google