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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 13 21
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 24 14 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 18.32% 7.87% 6.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.43% 10.22% 7.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 12
10th Percentile £196 £195 £320
25th Percentile £264 £213 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £225 £438
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -48.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £550 £248 £530
90th Percentile £638 £369 £598
Merseyside median daily rate £488 £324 £470
% change year-on-year +50.58% -31.12% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.21 - -
Median hourly rate £14.83 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% - -
75th Percentile £17.44 - -
90th Percentile £19.11 - -
Merseyside median hourly rate £14.83 £18.00 -
% change year-on-year -17.64% - -

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 107 137 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 81.68% 76.97% 87.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 60 153
10th Percentile £150 £143 £290
25th Percentile £363 £209 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.80% -21.05% +2.15%
75th Percentile £569 £489 £530
90th Percentile £663 £575 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £425 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 22 8
10th Percentile - - £15.90
25th Percentile £12.21 £15.50 £16.23
Median hourly rate £17.37 £18.06 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% +3.17% +50.54%
75th Percentile £17.44 £34.32 £32.98
90th Percentile £19.74 £37.09 £53.90
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.37 £18.11 £17.50
% change year-on-year -4.09% +3.49% +29.63%

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 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Liverpool

Problem-Solving
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

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Liverpool over the 6 months to 2 July 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) GCP
2 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) LAN
1 3 (12.50%) Unified Communications
2 2 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (4.17%) DHCP
3 1 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 20 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Law
2 5 (20.83%) Local Government
2 5 (20.83%) Police
3 3 (12.50%) Billing
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Military
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Retail
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) IT Support
2 5 (20.83%) Support Officer
3 4 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Cabling Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Coordinator
4 2 (8.33%) Data Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Principal DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Junior
5 1 (4.17%) Junior IT Support
5 1 (4.17%) Junior IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Support Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (4.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
2 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.17%) Android
3 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (16.67%) Analytics
2 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (12.50%) CRM
3 3 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (12.50%) Data Governance
3 3 (12.50%) ETL
3 3 (12.50%) ITSM
3 3 (12.50%) Time Management
4 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (8.33%) Cost Optimisation
4 2 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (8.33%) Migration
4 2 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) Korn
3 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.17%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) DBS Check
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 4 (16.67%) MCP
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.17%) MCSA
5 1 (4.17%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Ansible
1 2 (8.33%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (4.17%) Google