Problem-Solving Contracts in Northamptonshire

Problem Solving
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 3 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 +16 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 22 48 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 11.46% 20.25% 6.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.79% 22.75% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 43 22
10th Percentile £258 £231 £181
25th Percentile £369 £251 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -23.53% +18.06%
75th Percentile £622 £360 £499
90th Percentile £629 £440 £500
East Midlands median daily rate £350 £350 £400
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.90
25th Percentile - £22.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate - £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - -12.73% -
75th Percentile - £26.00 £33.50
90th Percentile - - £35.90
East Midlands median hourly rate £13.50 £15.00 £9.49
% change year-on-year -10.00% +58.06% -5.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 172 211 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 89.58% 89.03% 90.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 162 269
10th Percentile £295 £185 £220
25th Percentile £356 £285 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £373 £450
Median % change year-on-year +19.87% -17.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £520
90th Percentile £620 £569 £585
East Midlands median daily rate £418 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -7.11% +2.27% +13.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 29
10th Percentile £10.90 £16.12 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.13 £15.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £41.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.96% +50.91% -38.89%
75th Percentile £51.30 £51.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £53.30 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.00 £18.56 £18.50
% change year-on-year -8.39% +0.31% +19.90%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Northamptonshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Northampton -1 19 £577 +127.39% 29
Problem-Solving
East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) InfiniBand
1 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
1 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Automotive
3 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Architect
2 7 (31.82%) ForgeRock Architect
3 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) ForgeRock Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Leader
5 1 (4.55%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (45.45%) OAuth
1 10 (45.45%) OpenID
1 10 (45.45%) SAML
2 7 (31.82%) LDAP
3 3 (13.64%) JSON
3 3 (13.64%) OAuth2
3 3 (13.64%) REST
4 2 (9.09%) Middleware
5 1 (4.55%) GraphQL
5 1 (4.55%) gRPC
5 1 (4.55%) JMS
5 1 (4.55%) Kafka
5 1 (4.55%) OpenMP
5 1 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (4.55%) RAML
5 1 (4.55%) RESTful
5 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (13.64%) Virtual Team
2 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (31.82%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (31.82%) Identity Management
2 7 (31.82%) Migration
2 7 (31.82%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
4 5 (22.73%) DevOps
5 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
6 3 (13.64%) ITIL
7 2 (9.09%) Business Analysis
7 2 (9.09%) Change Management
7 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.09%) Project Management
7 2 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.55%) API Design
8 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (4.55%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) BeanShell
1 3 (13.64%) Java
2 1 (4.55%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) CBAP
2 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) ISEB
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) OpenAM
1 3 (13.64%) OpenIDM
2 2 (9.09%) Docker
3 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.55%) Firmware
3 1 (4.55%) Lustre
3 1 (4.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) ForgeRock
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) NetApp
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow