Problem Solving
Cheshire > Macclesfield
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield 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 | 8 | 28 | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -17 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield | 18.37% | 3.96% | 10.87% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 18.75% | 4.08% | 11.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £451 | £518 | £349 |
| 25th Percentile | £493 | £530 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +22.22% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £568 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £578 | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £505 | £505 | £445 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +13.48% | -12.75% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Macclesfield
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 Macclesfield.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 48 | 98 | 45 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield | 97.96% | 97.03% | 97.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 40 | 67 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £446 | £405 | £306 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £463 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £513 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.88% | +13.89% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £585 | £550 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £585 | £500 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £455 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.05% | +5.26% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.67 | £14.30 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £17.02 | £14.38 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £17.72 | £15.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +16.20% | -73.48% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £16.38 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £17.75 | £16.60 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £35.20 | £26.66 | £30.54 |
| % change year-on-year | +32.03% | -12.70% | +29.96% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Macclesfield.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Macclesfield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Macclesfield.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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: