Problem-Solving Contracts in the North of England

Problem Solving
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 16 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 592 473 543
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 12.54% 8.16% 7.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.61% 9.00% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 239 307
10th Percentile £232 £269 £200
25th Percentile £375 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £631
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 18 72
10th Percentile - £15.43 £11.26
25th Percentile £10.95 £21.73 £11.95
Median hourly rate £13.50 £33.75 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +80.48% +10.00%
75th Percentile £26.39 £53.05 £35.14
90th Percentile £60.56 £66.21 £49.65
England median hourly rate £17.50 £48.40 £20.00
% change year-on-year -63.84% +142.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,052 5,254 6,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.81% 90.62% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,482 3,656 4,652
10th Percentile £300 £303 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 205 259
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.19 £12.86
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.00 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -38.90% +55.20% +3.15%
75th Percentile £44.74 £47.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £50.91
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the North of England

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
North West +10 313 £493 +9.56% 564
Yorkshire +8 247 £475 -13.64% 360
North East +27 34 £575 +84.44% 129
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (1.52%) Confluence
2 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.68%) IBM Notes
4 4 (0.68%) WordPress
5 3 (0.51%) Apache
5 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.51%) CMS
5 3 (0.51%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.51%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.34%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) CICS
7 1 (0.17%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 67 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.35%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.51%) Blender
7 3 (0.51%) Maya
7 3 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.17%) InVision
8 1 (0.17%) Simulink
8 1 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.17%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 20 (3.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.18%) SAP PM
4 5 (0.84%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.51%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.17%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 67 (11.32%) Azure
2 59 (9.97%) AWS
3 32 (5.41%) Power Platform
4 29 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
5 28 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (4.39%) GCP
7 13 (2.20%) Snowflake
8 12 (2.03%) GitHub
9 10 (1.69%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.01%) Amazon ELB
12 6 (1.01%) Apigee
12 6 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.01%) Kong
12 6 (1.01%) SaaS
12 6 (1.01%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.90%) LAN
1 29 (4.90%) Wi-Fi
2 24 (4.05%) Firewall
3 23 (3.89%) VPN
3 23 (3.89%) WAN
4 16 (2.70%) DNS
5 13 (2.20%) OSPF
5 13 (2.20%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.69%) DHCP
6 10 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (1.35%) Wireless
8 7 (1.18%) Ethernet
8 7 (1.18%) HTTP
8 7 (1.18%) Network Security
8 7 (1.18%) VLAN
8 7 (1.18%) Wireless Security
9 6 (1.01%) BGP
9 6 (1.01%) Internet
9 6 (1.01%) SSL
10 5 (0.84%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.56%) Power BI
2 20 (3.38%) Data Lake
3 16 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.20%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.03%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.35%) Tableau
7 7 (1.18%) Big Data
7 7 (1.18%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.01%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.84%) Metadata
9 5 (0.84%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.84%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.51%) GIS
10 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (4.90%) JIRA
2 27 (4.56%) Git
3 18 (3.04%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.69%) GitLab
5 7 (1.18%) Travis CI
6 6 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.01%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.01%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.51%) JMeter
8 3 (0.51%) Selenium
8 3 (0.51%) XCUITest
9 2 (0.34%) Appium
9 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.34%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.34%) Log4j
9 2 (0.34%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.17%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
General
1 358 (60.47%) Social Skills
2 205 (34.63%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (10.64%) Finance
4 61 (10.30%) Public Sector
5 25 (4.22%) Banking
5 25 (4.22%) Manufacturing
6 24 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.04%) Marketing
8 13 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.03%) Legal
10 9 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.01%) Retail
13 5 (0.84%) Law
14 4 (0.68%) Local Government
15 3 (0.51%) Games
15 3 (0.51%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (15.37%) Analyst
2 69 (11.66%) Service Desk Agent
3 54 (9.12%) Developer
4 40 (6.76%) Business Analyst
5 35 (5.91%) Consultant
6 32 (5.41%) Architect
6 32 (5.41%) Senior
7 26 (4.39%) Lead
8 25 (4.22%) Service Analyst
9 24 (4.05%) IT Support
10 21 (3.55%) Network Engineer
10 21 (3.55%) Service Desk Analyst
11 20 (3.38%) IT Engineer
12 18 (3.04%) Project Manager
13 17 (2.87%) Support Engineer
14 16 (2.70%) IT Technician
15 14 (2.36%) Capacity Manager
15 14 (2.36%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 14 (2.36%) Problem Manager
16 12 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.20%) Kafka
2 10 (1.69%) CSS
2 10 (1.69%) HTML
3 9 (1.52%) .NET
4 8 (1.35%) JSON
5 7 (1.18%) Web Services
6 6 (1.01%) ActiveMQ
6 6 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (1.01%) XML
6 6 (1.01%) YAML
7 5 (0.84%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.84%) REST
8 4 (0.68%) LDAP
9 3 (0.51%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.51%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.51%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.51%) PySpark
9 3 (0.51%) React Native
9 3 (0.51%) RESTful
9 3 (0.51%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.42%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.90%) Virtual Team
3 21 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.70%) CMDB
5 14 (2.36%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (2.20%) NHS
7 10 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.18%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.18%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.84%) Life Science
11 4 (0.68%) Clustering
11 4 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.68%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.68%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.51%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 94 (15.88%) Windows
2 56 (9.46%) Windows 10
3 23 (3.89%) Linux
4 12 (2.03%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.35%) Android
5 8 (1.35%) Windows 7
6 5 (0.84%) Unix
7 4 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.51%) zOS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (21.96%) Customer Service
2 103 (17.40%) Agile
3 77 (13.01%) Project Management
4 62 (10.47%) Decision-Making
5 61 (10.30%) DevOps
5 61 (10.30%) Service Management
6 59 (9.97%) ITIL
7 58 (9.80%) Mentoring
8 56 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 49 (8.28%) CI/CD
10 47 (7.94%) Migration
10 47 (7.94%) Time Management
11 44 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (7.09%) Quality Management
13 40 (6.76%) Statistics
14 39 (6.59%) Problem Management
15 37 (6.25%) Change Management
16 35 (5.91%) Business Intelligence
17 34 (5.74%) CRM
17 34 (5.74%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 47 (7.94%) Python
2 44 (7.43%) SQL
3 27 (4.56%) JavaScript
4 22 (3.72%) Bash
4 22 (3.72%) Java
5 20 (3.38%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.69%) Go
7 8 (1.35%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.18%) C#
9 6 (1.01%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.01%) Ruby
9 6 (1.01%) Scala
10 5 (0.84%) VBA
11 4 (0.68%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.51%) ABAP
12 3 (0.51%) C
12 3 (0.51%) C++
12 3 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.51%) Groovy
12 3 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 96 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 81 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 80 (13.51%) Degree
4 23 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (2.87%) CCNA
7 14 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.35%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.01%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.84%) A+ Certification
10 5 (0.84%) CCNP
10 5 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.68%) CBAP
11 4 (0.68%) CCIE
11 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (0.68%) PMP
11 4 (0.68%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (10.98%) SLA
2 39 (6.59%) QA
3 26 (4.39%) Disclosure Scotland
4 23 (3.89%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.69%) GDPR
5 10 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.01%) GxP
7 5 (0.84%) GAMP
7 5 (0.84%) PMO
8 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.51%) IASME
8 3 (0.51%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.51%) NIST
8 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.34%) COREP
10 1 (0.17%) FINREP
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 33 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.22%) Docker
4 18 (3.04%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.18%) KVM
5 7 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.18%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (0.51%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.34%) HDFS
7 2 (0.34%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.17%) ACF2
8 1 (0.17%) Firmware
8 1 (0.17%) RACF
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (4.22%) Ansible
1 25 (4.22%) Kubernetes
1 25 (4.22%) Terraform
2 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.69%) SCCM
4 9 (1.52%) Grafana
4 9 (1.52%) Progress Chef
4 9 (1.52%) Puppet
5 7 (1.18%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (1.01%) HP Fortify
6 6 (1.01%) Kibana
6 6 (1.01%) logstash
6 6 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.51%) Autotask
8 3 (0.51%) CFEngine
8 3 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.51%) PowerBroker
Vendors
1 143 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.74%) VMware
3 29 (4.90%) ServiceNow
4 27 (4.56%) SAP
5 22 (3.72%) Citrix
6 15 (2.53%) Cisco
7 14 (2.36%) Splunk
8 13 (2.20%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.03%) Meraki
10 11 (1.86%) 3Com
10 11 (1.86%) Aruba
10 11 (1.86%) Brocade
10 11 (1.86%) Databricks
10 11 (1.86%) Juniper
11 9 (1.52%) Google
12 8 (1.35%) IBM
13 7 (1.18%) Oracle
13 7 (1.18%) SolarWinds
14 6 (1.01%) Solace
15 5 (0.84%) Pega