Problem-Solving Contracts in Macclesfield

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 13 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 12 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 24.49% 11.94% 17.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% 12.12% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 8
10th Percentile £450 £510 £407
25th Percentile £485 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +18.28% -
75th Percentile - £580 £498
90th Percentile £620 £585 £555
Cheshire median daily rate £492 £523 £480
% change year-on-year -5.84% +8.85% -23.81%

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 66 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 97.96% 98.51% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 44 34
10th Percentile £431 £416 £354
25th Percentile £500 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% +15.00% +35.85%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £497
90th Percentile £700 £585 £668
Cheshire median daily rate £445 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £16.98 £11.29
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.26 £12.40
Median hourly rate £16.50 £17.72 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +20.14% -
75th Percentile £16.75 £17.75 £15.13
90th Percentile - £17.77 £15.20
Cheshire median hourly rate £33.40 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -4.57% +14.60% +40.22%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Macclesfield

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Macclesfield

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Macclesfield over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Macclesfield

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Macclesfield

Problem-Solving
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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Anthropic Claude
2 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Azure AI
2 3 (25.00%) GCP
2 3 (25.00%) Google Gemini
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Neo4j
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
General
1 9 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (66.67%) Finance
3 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (58.33%) Manufacturing
3 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (41.67%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Process Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) .NET Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Angular Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (8.33%) C# Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Change Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Data Migration Expert
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack C# Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Business Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (25.00%) Streamlit
1 3 (25.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (8.33%) CSS
2 1 (8.33%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) OLE
2 1 (8.33%) REST
2 1 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
1 5 (41.67%) Process Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) ERP
3 3 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (25.00%) Linear Algebra
3 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
3 3 (25.00%) Pattern Recognition
3 3 (25.00%) Process Management
3 3 (25.00%) RDF
3 3 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
3 3 (25.00%) SDLC
3 3 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 3 (25.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) Scala
3 1 (8.33%) C#
3 1 (8.33%) R
3 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Ariba
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft