Problem-Solving Contracts in the North West

Problem Solving
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 295 243 317
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 11.01% 7.82% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.82% 8.64% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 124 175
10th Percentile £300 £284 £200
25th Percentile £381 £375 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% -2.17% +12.20%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
England median daily rate £513 £527 £525
% change year-on-year -2.75% +0.38% +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 51
10th Percentile - £18.06 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £23.15 £12.02
Median hourly rate £11.20 £40.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.42% +102.95% +17.65%
75th Percentile £43.75 £54.88 £43.13
90th Percentile £53.75 £66.41 £51.75
England median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -65.00% +150.00% +6.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,301 2,811 3,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.89% 90.41% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,463 1,981 2,578
10th Percentile £308 £313 £250
25th Percentile £406 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 137 170
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.50 £23.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.00 £23.38
Median % change year-on-year -33.89% +53.99% +26.91%
75th Percentile £46.11 £49.52 £49.50
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the North West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the North West

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Manchester +10 144 £500 +11.11% 288
Cumbria +12 73 £493 -7.42% 28
Cheshire -3 51 £463 +2.78% 126
Merseyside +15 16 £324 -34.60% 81
Lancashire -8 4 £725 +51.67% 70
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.36%) IBM Notes
3 3 (1.02%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.02%) CMS
3 3 (1.02%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.68%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) Mule
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 38 (12.88%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (5.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.02%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.34%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (5.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.02%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.34%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.58%) Azure
2 41 (13.90%) AWS
3 20 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (5.42%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.73%) Snowflake
7 8 (2.71%) GCP
8 7 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (2.03%) Amazon ELB
9 6 (2.03%) Serverless
10 5 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.69%) SaaS
11 4 (1.36%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.36%) PaaS
12 3 (1.02%) Contentstack
12 3 (1.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.08%) VPN
2 13 (4.41%) OSPF
3 12 (4.07%) LAN
4 11 (3.73%) WAN
5 8 (2.71%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.71%) VLAN
5 8 (2.71%) Wireless
6 7 (2.37%) Ethernet
6 7 (2.37%) Firewall
6 7 (2.37%) Network Security
6 7 (2.37%) Wireless Security
7 6 (2.03%) BGP
8 4 (1.36%) MPLS
8 4 (1.36%) Value-Added Service
8 4 (1.36%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.02%) DHCP
9 3 (1.02%) DNS
9 3 (1.02%) Intranet
9 3 (1.02%) VoIP
9 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.76%) Data Lake
2 11 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (3.73%) Power BI
3 7 (2.37%) Snowflake Schema
4 6 (2.03%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.69%) Big Data
5 5 (1.69%) Hadoop
5 5 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.36%) Tableau
7 3 (1.02%) MySQL
7 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.68%) Metadata
8 2 (0.68%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.34%) Power Query
9 1 (0.34%) Presto
9 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (5.08%) Git
2 10 (3.39%) JIRA
3 7 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.03%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.02%) GitLab
6 2 (0.68%) Appium
6 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.68%) Log4j
6 2 (0.68%) Selenium
6 2 (0.68%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.34%) Travis CI
General
1 167 (56.61%) Social Skills
2 97 (32.88%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (10.51%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.80%) Finance
5 12 (4.07%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.07%) Marketing
6 11 (3.73%) Banking
6 11 (3.73%) Legal
7 9 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.69%) Law
11 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.36%) Local Government
12 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.02%) Retail
12 3 (1.02%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.68%) Electronics
13 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.68%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 47 (15.93%) Analyst
2 29 (9.83%) Service Desk Agent
3 24 (8.14%) Developer
4 22 (7.46%) Consultant
5 20 (6.78%) Senior
6 16 (5.42%) Architect
7 15 (5.08%) Service Analyst
7 15 (5.08%) Service Desk Analyst
8 14 (4.75%) Capacity Manager
8 14 (4.75%) Problem Manager
9 13 (4.41%) Network Engineer
10 12 (4.07%) Availability Manager
10 12 (4.07%) Capacity and Availability Manager
10 12 (4.07%) IT Support
11 11 (3.73%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 11 (3.73%) Project Manager
11 11 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.39%) Support Engineer
13 9 (3.05%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
13 9 (3.05%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.03%) CSS
1 6 (2.03%) HTML
2 5 (1.69%) .NET
3 3 (1.02%) React Native
4 2 (0.68%) Hibernate
4 2 (0.68%) Kafka
4 2 (0.68%) Middleware
4 2 (0.68%) Node.js
4 2 (0.68%) PySpark
4 2 (0.68%) pytest
4 2 (0.68%) REST
4 2 (0.68%) RESTful
4 2 (0.68%) Spring
4 2 (0.68%) Web Services
4 2 (0.68%) WebdriverIO
5 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.34%) Django
5 1 (0.34%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.49%) Virtual Team
2 26 (8.81%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.75%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.39%) CMDB
5 7 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.03%) NHS
6 6 (2.03%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.69%) Life Science
8 4 (1.36%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.02%) Clustering
9 3 (1.02%) Derivative
9 3 (1.02%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.68%) Robotics
10 2 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 59 (20.00%) Windows
2 41 (13.90%) Windows 10
3 12 (4.07%) Linux
4 5 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.36%) Unix
6 3 (1.02%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.34%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.08%) Customer Service
2 50 (16.95%) Mentoring
3 45 (15.25%) Time Management
4 42 (14.24%) Quality Management
5 41 (13.90%) Service Management
6 40 (13.56%) Decision-Making
6 40 (13.56%) Statistics
7 35 (11.86%) Agile
8 33 (11.19%) Problem Management
9 28 (9.49%) ITIL
9 28 (9.49%) Migration
10 25 (8.47%) Project Management
10 25 (8.47%) Virtual Team Management
11 24 (8.14%) DevOps
12 21 (7.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (6.44%) Data Modelling
14 18 (6.10%) CI/CD
14 18 (6.10%) Translating Business Requirements
15 17 (5.76%) Availability Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.85%) SQL
2 21 (7.12%) Python
3 13 (4.41%) Bash
4 9 (3.05%) Java
4 9 (3.05%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.03%) Go
5 6 (2.03%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.02%) C#
7 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.68%) Ruby
8 1 (0.34%) ABAP
8 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.34%) Scala
8 1 (0.34%) VBA
8 1 (0.34%) X++
Qualifications
1 83 (28.14%) Security Cleared
2 74 (25.08%) SC Cleared
3 43 (14.58%) Degree
4 14 (4.75%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (3.39%) CCNA
5 10 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.71%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.71%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 5 (1.69%) CCNP
8 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.36%) CCIE
9 4 (1.36%) VCAP
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.68%) PMP
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.34%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.22%) SLA
2 26 (8.81%) Disclosure Scotland
3 18 (6.10%) Data Quality
4 15 (5.08%) QA
5 10 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.03%) GDPR
6 6 (2.03%) GxP
7 5 (1.69%) GAMP
8 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.02%) IASME
8 3 (1.02%) ISO 22301
8 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.02%) NIST
8 3 (1.02%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.68%) COREP
9 2 (0.68%) PMO
10 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.34%) FINREP
System Software
1 20 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (5.76%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.41%) Docker
4 12 (4.07%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.68%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (5.08%) Terraform
2 13 (4.41%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.05%) Ansible
4 9 (3.05%) SCCM
5 6 (2.03%) HP Fortify
6 3 (1.02%) Autotask
6 3 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.68%) CFEngine
7 2 (0.68%) PowerBroker
7 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.68%) Puppet
8 1 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.34%) Nagios
8 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 69 (23.39%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.12%) VMware
3 9 (3.05%) Databricks
4 8 (2.71%) SAP
4 8 (2.71%) Splunk
5 7 (2.37%) Citrix
5 7 (2.37%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.36%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (1.36%) Lotus
7 4 (1.36%) Oracle
7 4 (1.36%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.36%) Teradata
8 3 (1.02%) Apple
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco
8 3 (1.02%) Datto
8 3 (1.02%) Google
9 2 (0.68%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.68%) Perfecto Mobile
9 2 (0.68%) Symantec