Problem-Solving Contracts in South Yorkshire

Problem Solving
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 11 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 +19 -20
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 116 66 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 23.72% 13.41% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.95% 15.46% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 43 11
10th Percentile £295 £314 £300
25th Percentile £369 £400 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £614 £628
90th Percentile £613 £649 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £11.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £15.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year +47.60% -26.83% +21.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 465 427 457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 95.09% 86.79% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 234 289
10th Percentile £275 £314 £300
25th Percentile £385 £411 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £551
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.31% +10.27%
75th Percentile £556 £580 £675
90th Percentile £638 £624 £743
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 29
10th Percentile £16.86 £12.05 -
25th Percentile £18.10 £12.55 £9.80
Median hourly rate £18.51 £12.83 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +44.27% +20.70% -36.54%
75th Percentile £18.87 £19.43 -
90th Percentile - £22.53 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £13.37 £13.16
% change year-on-year +65.66% +1.56% -28.86%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in South Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in South Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in South Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in South Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 June 2025. 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
Sheffield +11 111 £483 -1.53% 117
Barnsley -3 4 £295 -13.24% 6
Problem-Solving
Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 19 (16.38%) Confluence
2 7 (6.03%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (4.31%) Apache
4 4 (3.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.86%) CICS
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.03%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.86%) Maple
4 1 (0.86%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.07%) GCP
2 9 (7.76%) Azure
3 8 (6.90%) AWS
4 7 (6.03%) OCI
5 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.45%) GitHub
6 4 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.72%) Amazon Bedrock
7 2 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.72%) dbt
7 2 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.86%) Google Compute Engine
8 1 (0.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.90%) DNS
2 5 (4.31%) NAS
2 5 (4.31%) Network Security
2 5 (4.31%) SAN
3 3 (2.59%) DWDM
3 3 (2.59%) Firewall
4 2 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (1.72%) DHCP
4 2 (1.72%) LAN
4 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.72%) VPN
4 2 (1.72%) WAN
5 1 (0.86%) Broadband
5 1 (0.86%) Internet
5 1 (0.86%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (18.10%) Oracle Database
2 9 (7.76%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (6.03%) Flink
4 6 (5.17%) Power BI
5 5 (4.31%) MongoDB
5 5 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (4.31%) Tableau
6 4 (3.45%) MySQL
6 4 (3.45%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.59%) BigQuery
7 3 (2.59%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.72%) InfluxDB
8 2 (1.72%) Looker
8 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.86%) DB2
9 1 (0.86%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.86%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (15.52%) JIRA
2 14 (12.07%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.90%) Git
4 5 (4.31%) GitLab
5 2 (1.72%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.72%) JMeter
5 2 (1.72%) Postman
5 2 (1.72%) Selenium
5 2 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (53.45%) Finance
2 61 (52.59%) Social Skills
3 50 (43.10%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (17.24%) Banking
5 11 (9.48%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.90%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Back Office
9 1 (0.86%) Front Office
9 1 (0.86%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Law
9 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (13.79%) Analyst
2 10 (8.62%) Architect
2 10 (8.62%) Business Analyst
3 9 (7.76%) Senior
4 8 (6.90%) Backup Engineer
4 8 (6.90%) Commvault Engineer
4 8 (6.90%) Data Engineer
4 8 (6.90%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 7 (6.03%) Developer
6 5 (4.31%) Automation Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Data Protection Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Database Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Oracle Database Engineer
7 4 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (3.45%) Incident Manager
7 4 (3.45%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.45%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (2.59%) Consultant
8 3 (2.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (2.59%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.31%) Kafka
2 4 (3.45%) Middleware
2 4 (3.45%) React
3 3 (2.59%) AngularJS
3 3 (2.59%) Apache Beam
3 3 (2.59%) CSS
3 3 (2.59%) HTML
3 3 (2.59%) Spark Streaming
3 3 (2.59%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.72%) .NET
4 2 (1.72%) Gherkin
4 2 (1.72%) ISPF
4 2 (1.72%) Spring
5 1 (0.86%) CSS3
5 1 (0.86%) HTML5
5 1 (0.86%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.86%) LDAP
5 1 (0.86%) Node.js
5 1 (0.86%) RESTful
5 1 (0.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Data Centre
1 13 (11.21%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.59%) Mainframe
3 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.72%) Derivative
4 2 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (1.72%) Equities
4 2 (1.72%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.72%) Oracle Licensing
4 2 (1.72%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.72%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.72%) Replication
4 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.86%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (0.86%) LPAR
5 1 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.21%) Linux
2 11 (9.48%) Windows
3 5 (4.31%) Unix
4 4 (3.45%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.59%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.72%) zOS
7 1 (0.86%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (36.21%) Agile
2 22 (18.97%) Migration
2 22 (18.97%) Performance Tuning
3 21 (18.10%) Project Management
4 20 (17.24%) Data Protection
5 19 (16.38%) Decision-Making
6 17 (14.66%) Risk Management
7 15 (12.93%) Change Management
7 15 (12.93%) CI/CD
8 14 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (11.21%) Translating Business Requirements
10 12 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (9.48%) Problem Management
11 11 (9.48%) Roadmaps
12 10 (8.62%) Business Case
12 10 (8.62%) Data Analysis
12 10 (8.62%) Scrum
12 10 (8.62%) Validation
13 9 (7.76%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 36 (31.03%) Python
2 14 (12.07%) SQL
3 12 (10.34%) Shell Script
4 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.31%) Java
6 4 (3.45%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.59%) JCL
8 2 (1.72%) Go
8 2 (1.72%) PHP
8 2 (1.72%) REXX
8 2 (1.72%) Ruby
9 1 (0.86%) Bash
9 1 (0.86%) CLIST
9 1 (0.86%) COBOL
9 1 (0.86%) Groovy
9 1 (0.86%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.86%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (10.34%) Degree
2 8 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.31%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (2.59%) CCNP
5 3 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.59%) OCP
5 3 (2.59%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.72%) CCNA
6 2 (1.72%) JNCIA
6 2 (1.72%) JNCIS
6 2 (1.72%) Tableau Certification
7 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.86%) CBAP
7 1 (0.86%) CISM
7 1 (0.86%) CISSP
7 1 (0.86%) HP ASE
7 1 (0.86%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.17%) GDPR
3 4 (3.45%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.45%) PMO
4 3 (2.59%) QA
5 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.86%) NIST
5 1 (0.86%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.76%) Active Directory
1 9 (7.76%) Docker
2 8 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (6.90%) vSphere
3 4 (3.45%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.59%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.72%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (1.72%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 2 (1.72%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.86%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.86%) Microcode
6 1 (0.86%) RACF
6 1 (0.86%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (18.10%) Ansible
2 11 (9.48%) Oracle RMAN
3 10 (8.62%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.17%) Terraform
5 5 (4.31%) vCenter Server
6 4 (3.45%) vRealize
7 3 (2.59%) Data Guard
7 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.72%) Grafana
8 2 (1.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (1.72%) Puppet
9 1 (0.86%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.86%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.86%) SCOM
9 1 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.86%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 25 (21.55%) Oracle
2 22 (18.97%) Microsoft
3 18 (15.52%) Commvault
4 9 (7.76%) Google
5 8 (6.90%) VMware
6 4 (3.45%) Cisco
6 4 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.45%) Veritas
7 3 (2.59%) Citrix
7 3 (2.59%) Databricks
7 3 (2.59%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.72%) Apple
8 2 (1.72%) Arista
8 2 (1.72%) Dell
8 2 (1.72%) HP
8 2 (1.72%) IBM
8 2 (1.72%) Infoblox
9 1 (0.86%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.86%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.86%) Dynatrace