Problem-Solving Contracts in Preston

Problem Solving
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 11 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 2 17 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 2.74% 17.17% 13.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 17.35% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 3
10th Percentile - £361 £433
25th Percentile - £409 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £478 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.32% +0.63% +2.15%
75th Percentile - £491 £538
90th Percentile - £511 £568
Lancashire median daily rate £400 £463 £563
% change year-on-year -13.51% -17.78% +40.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 6
10th Percentile - £31.22 £15.94
25th Percentile - £38.52 £20.34
Median hourly rate - £53.35 £27.46
Median % change year-on-year - +94.28% +119.68%
75th Percentile - £61.55 £45.82
90th Percentile - £69.71 £57.09
Lancashire median hourly rate £27.50 £53.35 £22.62
% change year-on-year -48.45% +135.83% +80.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 98 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 87.67% 98.99% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 40 37
10th Percentile £355 £281 £156
25th Percentile £475 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £438 £275
Median % change year-on-year +35.52% +59.09% -36.75%
75th Percentile £645 £532 £475
90th Percentile £885 £726 £576
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 43 19
10th Percentile £12.20 £21.51 £12.70
25th Percentile - £29.00 £13.82
Median hourly rate £16.06 £42.16 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.90% +22.19% +118.15%
75th Percentile £19.05 £49.52 £48.07
90th Percentile £46.18 £56.38 £69.38
Lancashire median hourly rate £35.36 £42.50 £27.66
% change year-on-year -16.80% +53.67% +50.80%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Preston

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Preston

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Preston

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

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Case Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Prism