Problem-Solving Contracts in Manchester

Problem Solving
North West > Manchester

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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 23 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 161 129 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 10.50% 6.80% 6.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.06% 7.40% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 55 112
10th Percentile £313 £258 £200
25th Percentile £375 £344 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £660 £680 £650
North West median daily rate £493 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +9.56% - +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 23
10th Percentile £30.95 £11.52 £10.19
25th Percentile £57.50 £12.67 £11.36
Median hourly rate £60.00 £14.00 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +328.57% +12.00% +3.50%
75th Percentile £68.88 £21.19 £17.12
90th Percentile £81.55 £48.08 £23.81
North West median hourly rate £11.20 £27.50 £19.62
% change year-on-year -59.29% +40.15% +15.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,335 1,743 2,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.08% 91.88% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 1,278 1,823
10th Percentile £313 £315 £263
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.46% +8.44%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £575
90th Percentile £694 £658 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 61 50
10th Percentile £12.42 £14.65 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.19 £37.30 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.15% +144.59% -4.69%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £23.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £33.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
Stockport +2 3 £500 - 22
Bolton +3 1 £525 - 9
Oldham - 1 £400 - 7
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £325 -
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 4 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.86%) CMS
2 3 (1.86%) Headless CMS
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.24%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.24%) Confluence
4 1 (0.62%) Apache
4 1 (0.62%) IIS
4 1 (0.62%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.62%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.62%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (9.32%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (9.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.86%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.86%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.62%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.62%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.62%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 29 (18.01%) Azure
2 28 (17.39%) AWS
3 16 (9.94%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.21%) Snowflake
5 7 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (3.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (3.73%) Amazon ELB
6 6 (3.73%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.11%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (3.11%) Serverless
8 4 (2.48%) SaaS
9 3 (1.86%) Contentstack
9 3 (1.86%) GCP
9 3 (1.86%) OCI
9 3 (1.86%) PaaS
10 2 (1.24%) GitHub
10 2 (1.24%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.21%) LAN
1 10 (6.21%) VPN
1 10 (6.21%) WAN
2 9 (5.59%) OSPF
3 7 (4.35%) Ethernet
3 7 (4.35%) Network Security
3 7 (4.35%) Wireless
3 7 (4.35%) Wireless Security
4 5 (3.11%) Firewall
5 4 (2.48%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.86%) Intranet
6 3 (1.86%) VLAN
6 3 (1.86%) VoIP
6 3 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.24%) 2G
7 2 (1.24%) 3G
7 2 (1.24%) 4G
7 2 (1.24%) BGP
7 2 (1.24%) DHCP
7 2 (1.24%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.83%) Data Lake
2 9 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.73%) DynamoDB
4 5 (3.11%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.11%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.11%) Snowflake Schema
5 4 (2.48%) Tableau
6 3 (1.86%) Metadata
6 3 (1.86%) MySQL
6 3 (1.86%) Power BI
6 3 (1.86%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.24%) Big Data
7 2 (1.24%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.62%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.62%) Presto
8 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (8.70%) Git
2 8 (4.97%) JIRA
3 6 (3.73%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.86%) GitLab
4 3 (1.86%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.24%) Appium
5 2 (1.24%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.24%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.24%) Selenium
6 1 (0.62%) Travis CI
General
1 100 (62.11%) Social Skills
2 47 (29.19%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.45%) Marketing
4 10 (6.21%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.73%) Finance
5 6 (3.73%) Legal
6 5 (3.11%) Banking
6 5 (3.11%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.11%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.48%) Law
8 3 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Retail
9 2 (1.24%) Electronics
10 1 (0.62%) French Language
10 1 (0.62%) German Language
10 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.62%) Military
10 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (18.01%) Service Desk Agent
2 22 (13.66%) Analyst
3 19 (11.80%) Developer
4 18 (11.18%) Consultant
5 17 (10.56%) Senior
6 12 (7.45%) Architect
6 12 (7.45%) Business Analyst
7 11 (6.83%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 10 (6.21%) Network Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) AWS DevOps
10 6 (3.73%) AWS Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Data Architect
10 6 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Senior DevOps
10 6 (3.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Support Engineer
11 5 (3.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 5 (3.11%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (3.11%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 5 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.73%) CSS
1 6 (3.73%) HTML
2 5 (3.11%) .NET
3 3 (1.86%) Node.js
4 2 (1.24%) PySpark
4 2 (1.24%) pytest
4 2 (1.24%) RESTful
4 2 (1.24%) Spring
4 2 (1.24%) WebdriverIO
5 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.62%) Django
5 1 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.62%) React
5 1 (0.62%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.62%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.07%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.48%) CMDB
3 4 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.48%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.86%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.86%) Clustering
4 3 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.86%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.86%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.86%) NHS
5 2 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.24%) Derivative
5 2 (1.24%) Robotics
6 1 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.62%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.62%) IVR
6 1 (0.62%) PMI
6 1 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.07%) Windows
2 10 (6.21%) Linux
3 4 (2.48%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.86%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.24%) Unix
6 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.62%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.22%) Customer Service
2 21 (13.04%) Agile
3 19 (11.80%) DevOps
4 18 (11.18%) CRM
5 16 (9.94%) Migration
6 15 (9.32%) CI/CD
6 15 (9.32%) Translating Business Requirements
7 14 (8.70%) Customer Experience
7 14 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 13 (8.07%) Design Patterns
9 12 (7.45%) Data Migration
9 12 (7.45%) Project Management
9 12 (7.45%) System Testing
10 11 (6.83%) Customer Insight
10 11 (6.83%) End-to-End Testing
11 10 (6.21%) Business Analysis
11 10 (6.21%) Containerisation
12 9 (5.59%) Data Integration
12 9 (5.59%) Data Modelling
12 9 (5.59%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.42%) SQL
2 19 (11.80%) Python
3 12 (7.45%) Bash
4 7 (4.35%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.73%) Go
5 6 (3.73%) Java
5 6 (3.73%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.86%) C#
7 2 (1.24%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.62%) ABAP
8 1 (0.62%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.62%) X++
Qualifications
1 20 (12.42%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.80%) Degree
3 14 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.21%) CCNA
4 10 (6.21%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.35%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.62%) CCSA
9 1 (0.62%) GIAC
9 1 (0.62%) ISEB
9 1 (0.62%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.62%) PMP
9 1 (0.62%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (18.63%) SLA
2 15 (9.32%) QA
3 8 (4.97%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.48%) GDPR
6 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.86%) IASME
6 3 (1.86%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.24%) COREP
8 1 (0.62%) FINREP
8 1 (0.62%) GxP
8 1 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (8.07%) Docker
2 12 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.21%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (8.70%) Terraform
2 13 (8.07%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.35%) Ansible
4 6 (3.73%) HP Fortify
5 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.48%) SCCM
7 3 (1.86%) Autotask
7 3 (1.86%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.24%) Nagios
8 2 (1.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.45%) VMware
3 8 (4.97%) Splunk
4 6 (3.73%) SAP
5 5 (3.11%) Pega
6 4 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.86%) Apple
7 3 (1.86%) Databricks
7 3 (1.86%) Datto
7 3 (1.86%) Oracle
7 3 (1.86%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.24%) Cisco
8 2 (1.24%) Cognizant
8 2 (1.24%) Dell
8 2 (1.24%) Isilon
8 2 (1.24%) Perfecto Mobile
9 1 (0.62%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.62%) Ciena
9 1 (0.62%) Facebook