Problem-Solving Contracts in Manchester

Problem Solving
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 5 12 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 147 160 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 15.87% 10.55% 6.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.71% 12.11% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 114 55
10th Percentile £229 £313 £258
25th Percentile £375 £375 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £548 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £661 £680
North West median daily rate £490 £493 £450
% change year-on-year -0.61% +9.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £13.39 £30.95 £11.52
25th Percentile £14.33 £57.50 £12.67
Median hourly rate £15.90 £60.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.50% +328.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £44.20 £68.88 £21.19
90th Percentile £61.18 £81.55 £48.08
North West median hourly rate £27.13 £11.20 £27.50
% change year-on-year +142.30% -59.29% +42.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Hourly rate histogram 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 1 May 2025. 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
Jobs
Bolton +2 11 £170 -67.62% 160
Salford - 5 £450 - 31
Stockport -1 3 £500 -4.76% 127
Wigan - 3 £375 - 4
Oldham +5 2 - - 7
Altrincham - 1 - - 28
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 13 (8.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.44%) IBM Domino
3 7 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.72%) WebSphere
5 3 (2.04%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.36%) Apache
6 2 (1.36%) Confluence
6 2 (1.36%) SAS
6 2 (1.36%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.68%) CICS
7 1 (0.68%) CMS
7 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.40%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.68%) Revit
6 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (6.12%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.36%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.36%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.45%) Azure
2 20 (13.61%) AWS
3 15 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.16%) Power Platform
5 10 (6.80%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.80%) GCP
6 8 (5.44%) IaaS
7 6 (4.08%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.40%) Serverless
9 4 (2.72%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.72%) dbt
9 4 (2.72%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.72%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (2.04%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.04%) GitHub
10 3 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.20%) Firewall
1 15 (10.20%) Network Security
2 8 (5.44%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (5.44%) VPN
3 7 (4.76%) DNS
3 7 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.40%) DHCP
4 5 (3.40%) WAN
5 3 (2.04%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.36%) BGP
6 2 (1.36%) Calico
6 2 (1.36%) DWDM
6 2 (1.36%) EIGRP
6 2 (1.36%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.36%) OSPF
6 2 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.36%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.68%) FTP
7 1 (0.68%) HTTP
7 1 (0.68%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.44%) Power BI
4 7 (4.76%) MongoDB
5 6 (4.08%) MySQL
6 5 (3.40%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.72%) Airbyte
7 4 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.72%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.72%) Tableau
8 3 (2.04%) SAP HANA
9 2 (1.36%) Big Data
9 2 (1.36%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.36%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.68%) EDRMS
10 1 (0.68%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (6.80%) JIRA
2 7 (4.76%) GitLab
2 7 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.40%) Git
4 4 (2.72%) Maven
5 3 (2.04%) Hudson
6 2 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.68%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.68%) ERwin
7 1 (0.68%) Flyway
7 1 (0.68%) Grunt
7 1 (0.68%) gulp
7 1 (0.68%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.68%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.68%) Mocha
7 1 (0.68%) Postman
7 1 (0.68%) Subversion
7 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (60.54%) Social Skills
2 67 (45.58%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.52%) Finance
3 14 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.80%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.12%) Banking
6 7 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.08%) Legal
8 4 (2.72%) French Language
8 4 (2.72%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.72%) Marketing
8 4 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.72%) Retail
9 2 (1.36%) Automotive
9 2 (1.36%) Games
10 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Law
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (18.37%) Analyst
2 16 (10.88%) Data Engineer
3 14 (9.52%) Senior
4 13 (8.84%) Developer
5 10 (6.80%) Migration Engineer
6 9 (6.12%) Coordinator
7 8 (5.44%) Architect
7 8 (5.44%) CRM Coordinator
7 8 (5.44%) Technical Coordinator
8 7 (4.76%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.76%) Consultant
9 6 (4.08%) Data Migration Engineer
9 6 (4.08%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.08%) IT Support
9 6 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (4.08%) Lead
9 6 (4.08%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.40%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (3.40%) Service Analyst
10 5 (3.40%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.40%) .NET
1 5 (3.40%) REST
2 4 (2.72%) FastAPI
2 4 (2.72%) Middleware
2 4 (2.72%) TensorFlow
3 3 (2.04%) PyTorch
3 3 (2.04%) React
4 2 (1.36%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.36%) HTML
4 2 (1.36%) Node.js
4 2 (1.36%) scikit-learn
4 2 (1.36%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (0.68%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.68%) CSS
5 1 (0.68%) EDI
5 1 (0.68%) ISPF
5 1 (0.68%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.68%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.68%) XML
5 1 (0.68%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
1 9 (6.12%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.72%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.04%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.36%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.36%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.36%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.36%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.36%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.36%) NHS
5 2 (1.36%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.36%) Replication
5 2 (1.36%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (19.73%) Windows
2 8 (5.44%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.08%) Linux
4 2 (1.36%) Android
4 2 (1.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.68%) Unix
5 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.01%) Agile
2 24 (16.33%) Decision-Making
3 23 (15.65%) Project Management
4 21 (14.29%) Change Management
4 21 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (13.61%) Analytics
6 19 (12.93%) CI/CD
7 17 (11.56%) ETL
7 17 (11.56%) Migration
7 17 (11.56%) Project Delivery
8 16 (10.88%) DevOps
9 15 (10.20%) Validation
10 14 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (9.52%) Data Management
11 13 (8.84%) Customer Service
11 13 (8.84%) ITIL
11 13 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (8.84%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (8.16%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.05%) SQL
2 23 (15.65%) Python
3 10 (6.80%) PowerShell
4 8 (5.44%) PL/SQL
5 5 (3.40%) C#
6 4 (2.72%) SPARQL
7 3 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.04%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.36%) Bash
8 2 (1.36%) Java
8 2 (1.36%) R
8 2 (1.36%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.68%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.68%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.68%) JCL
9 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (12.24%) Degree
2 16 (10.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (8.84%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.44%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.08%) CCNA
7 5 (3.40%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.40%) PMP
8 4 (2.72%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.72%) CCNP
9 3 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.36%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.68%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.12%) QA
2 7 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) COBIT
5 1 (0.68%) GRC
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.68%) SLA
5 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (11.56%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.48%) Docker
3 8 (5.44%) vSphere
4 6 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.68%) Firmware
5 1 (0.68%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 15 (10.20%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.08%) SCCM
4 4 (2.72%) Terraform
5 2 (1.36%) Ansible
5 2 (1.36%) Grafana
5 2 (1.36%) Istio
5 2 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.68%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.68%) Nagios
6 1 (0.68%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.56%) Oracle
3 10 (6.80%) SAP
4 8 (5.44%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.44%) VMware
5 6 (4.08%) Google
6 5 (3.40%) Databricks
6 5 (3.40%) IBM
7 4 (2.72%) Cisco
7 4 (2.72%) Informatica
7 4 (2.72%) Meraki
7 4 (2.72%) Splunk
7 4 (2.72%) Tanium
8 3 (2.04%) Concur
8 3 (2.04%) MuleSoft
8 3 (2.04%) Talend
9 1 (0.68%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.68%) F5
9 1 (0.68%) SEEBURGER
9 1 (0.68%) SolarWinds