Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 23 May 2019

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 23 May 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Problem-Solving
North West > Manchester
6 months to
23 May 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 30 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 147 164 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 5.45% 5.38% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% 6.19% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 99 58
Manchester median daily rate £425 £375 £335
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +13.33% +11.94% -16.25%
10th Percentile £300 £164 £128
90th Percentile £610 £500 £481
North West median daily rate £413 £385 £400
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 8
Manchester median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -8.57% -56.25% +37.93%
10th Percentile £11.72 £13.50 £12.08
90th Percentile £17.32 £42.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £42.48
% change year-on-year -12.50% -52.91% +112.38%

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,336 2,648 2,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.61% 86.88% 83.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,515 1,731 1,377
Manchester median daily rate £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -2.72%
10th Percentile £281 £263 £225
90th Percentile £606 £575 £550
North West median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 99 48
Manchester median hourly rate £17.41 £19.52 £20.25
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -10.81% -3.60% +6.62%
10th Percentile £12.02 £12.82 £11.75
90th Percentile £35.00 £42.00 £46.13
North West median hourly rate £25.50 £22.77 £35.50
% change year-on-year +12.01% -35.87% +9.23%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Problem-Solving in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Manchester over the 6 months to 23 May 2019.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 23 May 2019. 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
Job
Vacancies
Salford +4 13 £425 +38.78% 1
Bolton +3 7 £425 +78.95%
Altrincham -4 3 £413 - 2
Stockport +5 1 £160 -46.67% 2
Cheadle - 1 £140 -
Problem-Solving
North West

For the 6 months to 23 May 2019, IT contractor jobs citing Problem-Solving also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Problem-Solving.

1 41 (27.89%) Agile Software Development
1 41 (27.89%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (25.85%) Windows
3 33 (22.45%) Linux
4 28 (19.05%) Java
4 28 (19.05%) Finance
5 25 (17.01%) SQL
6 22 (14.97%) TCP/IP
7 21 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 20 (13.61%) Microsoft
9 19 (12.93%) DevOps
9 19 (12.93%) Jenkins
10 18 (12.24%) Amazon AWS
10 18 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (11.56%) .NET
11 17 (11.56%) Microsoft Azure
11 17 (11.56%) Security Cleared
12 16 (10.88%) Bash Shell
13 15 (10.20%) Degree
13 15 (10.20%) ITIL
13 15 (10.20%) DNS
14 14 (9.52%) Configuration Management
14 14 (9.52%) Google
15 13 (8.84%) SC Cleared
15 13 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
15 13 (8.84%) Puppet
15 13 (8.84%) DHCP
15 13 (8.84%) Information Security
15 13 (8.84%) Management Information System
15 13 (8.84%) Banking

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.40%) Confluence
2 4 (2.72%) NetWeaver
3 3 (2.04%) MS Exchange
4 2 (1.36%) Apache
4 2 (1.36%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (1.36%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Pig
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.68%) IIS
5 1 (0.68%) SAS
5 1 (0.68%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.40%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.40%) Maximo
2 2 (1.36%) Eikon
3 1 (0.68%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.68%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.24%) Amazon AWS
2 17 (11.56%) Microsoft Azure
3 10 (6.80%) Google Cloud Platform
4 9 (6.12%) AWS CloudFormation
4 9 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (2.72%) Google Analytics
5 4 (2.72%) Office 365
6 1 (0.68%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.97%) TCP/IP
2 15 (10.20%) DNS
3 13 (8.84%) DHCP
4 12 (8.16%) HTTP
5 11 (7.48%) Firewall
5 11 (7.48%) FTP
5 11 (7.48%) Internet
5 11 (7.48%) IPsec
6 9 (6.12%) Intrusion Detection
7 8 (5.44%) VPN
8 7 (4.76%) LAN
8 7 (4.76%) WAN
9 6 (4.08%) Intranet
9 6 (4.08%) VoIP
10 5 (3.40%) SAN
11 4 (2.72%) Wireless
12 3 (2.04%) Network Security
13 2 (1.36%) SSL
14 1 (0.68%) BGP
14 1 (0.68%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.12%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.44%) DB2
2 8 (5.44%) MongoDB
3 7 (4.76%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.76%) Oracle BI EE
3 7 (4.76%) Oracle Database
3 7 (4.76%) Oracle Database 10g
3 7 (4.76%) Oracle Database 11g
3 7 (4.76%) Oracle Database 12c
3 7 (4.76%) Oracle ODI
4 5 (3.40%) Pentaho
5 4 (2.72%) SAP BW
6 3 (2.04%) MySQL
7 2 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.36%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.36%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 19 (12.93%) Jenkins
2 9 (6.12%) JIRA
3 8 (5.44%) Git (software)
4 4 (2.72%) JUnit
4 4 (2.72%) Maven
4 4 (2.72%) Mockito
5 3 (2.04%) Gradle
5 3 (2.04%) Selenium
5 3 (2.04%) Travis CI
6 2 (1.36%) Appium
6 2 (1.36%) HP UFT
6 2 (1.36%) TestNG
7 1 (0.68%) Ant
7 1 (0.68%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.68%) git-flow
7 1 (0.68%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.68%) Subversion
7 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 28 (19.05%) Finance
2 13 (8.84%) Banking
3 8 (5.44%) Retail
4 7 (4.76%) Games
5 5 (3.40%) Legal
5 5 (3.40%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.72%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.36%) Electronics
7 2 (1.36%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.36%) Front Office
7 2 (1.36%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.68%) Automotive
8 1 (0.68%) French Language
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (23.13%) Analyst
1 34 (23.13%) Developer
2 15 (10.20%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (7.48%) AWS DevOps
3 11 (7.48%) AWS DevOps Engineer
3 11 (7.48%) AWS Engineer
4 9 (6.12%) Business Analyst
5 8 (5.44%) Security Analyst
5 8 (5.44%) Service Analyst
5 8 (5.44%) Service Desk Analyst
6 7 (4.76%) React Developer
7 6 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 6 (4.08%) Consultant
7 6 (4.08%) Java Developer
7 6 (4.08%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.40%) Architect
8 5 (3.40%) Business Developer
9 4 (2.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.72%) Java Engineer
9 4 (2.72%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.56%) .NET
2 9 (6.12%) React
3 8 (5.44%) CSS
3 8 (5.44%) HTML
4 6 (4.08%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (3.40%) jQuery
6 4 (2.72%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (2.72%) JAX-RS
6 4 (2.72%) SAP Basis
6 4 (2.72%) Spring
7 3 (2.04%) Sass
8 2 (1.36%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.36%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (1.36%) J2EE
8 2 (1.36%) REST
8 2 (1.36%) Servlets
8 2 (1.36%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.68%) EJB
9 1 (0.68%) JSP
9 1 (0.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 41 (27.89%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (8.84%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.12%) User Experience
4 7 (4.76%) Cyberattack
5 4 (2.72%) NHS
6 3 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.04%) Fintech
6 3 (2.04%) RIA
7 2 (1.36%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.36%) Clustering
7 2 (1.36%) Equities
7 2 (1.36%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.36%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.36%) Life Science
7 2 (1.36%) Mobile Games
7 2 (1.36%) Online Games
7 2 (1.36%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 38 (25.85%) Windows
2 33 (22.45%) Linux
3 11 (7.48%) Unix
4 10 (6.80%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.40%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.72%) Mac OS X
7 3 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.04%) Solaris
8 2 (1.36%) HPUX
8 2 (1.36%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.36%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.68%) AIX
9 1 (0.68%) Android
9 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.68%) CentOS
9 1 (0.68%) MVS
9 1 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (27.89%) Agile Software Development
2 21 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 19 (12.93%) DevOps
4 18 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (10.20%) ITIL
6 14 (9.52%) Configuration Management
7 13 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (8.84%) Information Security
8 11 (7.48%) Continuous Delivery
8 11 (7.48%) Project Management
8 11 (7.48%) Unit Testing
9 10 (6.80%) Anomaly Detection
9 10 (6.80%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (6.80%) Security Operations
9 10 (6.80%) Visualisation
10 9 (6.12%) Analytics
10 9 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (6.12%) Process Improvement
10 9 (6.12%) Vulnerability Management
10 9 (6.12%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.05%) Java
2 25 (17.01%) SQL
3 16 (10.88%) Bash Shell
4 10 (6.80%) JavaScript
4 10 (6.80%) Python
5 6 (4.08%) PHP
6 4 (2.72%) C#
6 4 (2.72%) Java 8
6 4 (2.72%) Perl
7 2 (1.36%) Groovy
7 2 (1.36%) Scala
7 2 (1.36%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.68%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.68%) JCL
8 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.68%) Ruby
8 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.68%) VB
8 1 (0.68%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (11.56%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.20%) Degree
3 13 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.44%) CISSP
5 6 (4.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.72%) SANS
6 4 (2.72%) SSCP
7 3 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.04%) MCP
7 3 (2.04%) MCSE
7 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.36%) CCNA
8 2 (1.36%) CCNP
8 2 (1.36%) CISA
8 2 (1.36%) CISM
8 2 (1.36%) HNC
8 2 (1.36%) HND
8 2 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.76%) PMO
2 6 (4.08%) QA
2 6 (4.08%) SLA
3 3 (2.04%) COBIT
3 3 (2.04%) COSO
3 3 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.68%) EMIR
5 1 (0.68%) HL7
5 1 (0.68%) IFRS
System Software
1 11 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.44%) Docker
3 3 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.04%) vSphere
4 2 (1.36%) NFS
4 2 (1.36%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.68%) Firmware
5 1 (0.68%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (8.84%) Puppet
2 11 (7.48%) Ansible
2 11 (7.48%) Opscode Chef
2 11 (7.48%) Terraform
3 9 (6.12%) Salt
4 6 (4.08%) QRadar
5 5 (3.40%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.36%) Grafana
6 2 (1.36%) Nagios
6 2 (1.36%) Packer
6 2 (1.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (1.36%) vRealize
7 1 (0.68%) Oozie
7 1 (0.68%) Rancher
7 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.52%) Google
3 12 (8.16%) Oracle
4 7 (4.76%) AlienVault
4 7 (4.76%) Apple
4 7 (4.76%) IBM
4 7 (4.76%) SAP
4 7 (4.76%) Tableau
4 7 (4.76%) VMware
5 6 (4.08%) HP
5 6 (4.08%) McAfee
5 6 (4.08%) Splunk
6 5 (3.40%) Cisco
6 5 (3.40%) Dell
6 5 (3.40%) Sun
7 3 (2.04%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.04%) Citrix
7 3 (2.04%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.04%) StorageTek
8 2 (1.36%) Brocade