Problem-Solving Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Problem Solving
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 9 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 26 18 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 12.09% 9.73% 5.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.53% 11.39% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 8
10th Percentile £200 £435 £105
25th Percentile £356 £463 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £533 £311
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +71.43% -34.61%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £361
90th Percentile £579 £590 £553
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £430 £533 £311
% change year-on-year -19.25% +71.43% -34.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £15.43 - -
25th Percentile £16.44 - -
Median hourly rate £18.13 £11.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.77% - -
75th Percentile £28.47 - -
90th Percentile £42.59 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £16.75 £11.50 -
% change year-on-year +45.65% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 179 158 237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 83.26% 85.41% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 81 182
10th Percentile £223 £350 £319
25th Percentile £363 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £573 £588 £650
90th Percentile £625 £638 £743
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -8.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 0
10th Percentile £15.88 £18.25 -
25th Percentile £17.22 £21.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.61 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.72% - -
75th Percentile £41.72 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £50.38 £68.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £18.13 £18.50 -
% change year-on-year -2.03% - -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Newcastle upon Tyne

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (3.85%) CMS
1 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) MadCap Flare
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) LabWindows
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) Figma
3 2 (7.69%) GitHub
3 2 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.85%) Kong
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Git
1 2 (7.69%) GitLab
1 2 (7.69%) REST Assured
1 2 (7.69%) Selenium
2 1 (3.85%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) JUnit
2 1 (3.85%) LabVIEW
2 1 (3.85%) Postman
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Marketing
5 2 (7.69%) Electronics
5 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.69%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.85%) Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (11.54%) Developer
1 3 (11.54%) Lead
1 3 (11.54%) Product Manager
2 2 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) Designer
2 2 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) Lead DevOps
2 2 (7.69%) Lead DevOps Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) Product Designer
2 2 (7.69%) Scala Developer
2 2 (7.69%) Test Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Customer Service Representative
3 1 (3.85%) Lead Architect
3 1 (3.85%) SAP Architect
3 1 (3.85%) SAP Developer
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Akka
1 2 (7.69%) Play Framework
1 2 (7.69%) REST
2 1 (3.85%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.85%) GatsbyJS
2 1 (3.85%) HTML
2 1 (3.85%) JSON
2 1 (3.85%) Next.js
2 1 (3.85%) Node.js
2 1 (3.85%) OpenAPI
2 1 (3.85%) Playwright
2 1 (3.85%) pytest
2 1 (3.85%) React
2 1 (3.85%) RESTful
2 1 (3.85%) Swagger
2 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (3.85%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.85%) FPGA
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) PMI
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Android
2 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Agile
1 8 (30.77%) CI/CD
2 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
5 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 4 (15.38%) Product Management
6 3 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (11.54%) BDD
6 3 (11.54%) Data Protection
6 3 (11.54%) Deployment Automation
6 3 (11.54%) Product Requirements
6 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
6 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
6 3 (11.54%) User Stories
7 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (7.69%) DevOps
7 2 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (7.69%) ETL
7 2 (7.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Python
1 2 (7.69%) Scala
2 1 (3.85%) ABAP
2 1 (3.85%) Bash
2 1 (3.85%) Bicep
2 1 (3.85%) C
2 1 (3.85%) Java
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
1 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.85%) MCP
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Kibana
1 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.69%) SCCM
1 2 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
2 1 (3.85%) Grafana
2 1 (3.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Google
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.85%) Sage
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow