Problem-Solving Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Problem Solving
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 41 28
Rank change year-on-year +33 -13 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 26 12 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 10.70% 3.45% 5.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.44% 3.68% 6.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 15
10th Percentile £291 £105 £233
25th Percentile £463 £185 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £310 £500
Median % change year-on-year +71.77% -38.00% +23.15%
75th Percentile £588 £315 £548
90th Percentile £590 £535 £595
North East median daily rate £563 £311 £470
% change year-on-year +81.09% -33.91% +32.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £11.40 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £11.50 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £18.75 - -
North East median hourly rate £11.50 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -24.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 326 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 86.01% 93.68% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 256 266
10th Percentile £263 £319 £200
25th Percentile £366 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £589 £650 £600
90th Percentile £650 £734 £695
North East median daily rate £500 £550 £478
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.18% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 0 12
10th Percentile £11.50 - £10.57
25th Percentile £12.13 - £12.54
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £17.50
90th Percentile £50.00 - £18.63
North East median hourly rate £17.50 £40.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year -57.06% +146.97% +6.45%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Tyne and Wear

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Tyne and Wear

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Tyne and Wear

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Tyne and Wear

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 26 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +27 17 £533 +71.43% 61
South Shields - 6 - - 2
Gateshead - 2 - - 12
Problem-Solving
North East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (3.85%) 5G
2 1 (3.85%) DHCP
2 1 (3.85%) DNS
2 1 (3.85%) HTTP
2 1 (3.85%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) IT Support
1 6 (23.08%) IT Support Technician
1 6 (23.08%) IT Technician
1 6 (23.08%) Support Technician
2 2 (7.69%) Consultant
2 2 (7.69%) DBA
2 2 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) Field Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) Field Service Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) IT Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) Lead
2 2 (7.69%) Management Consultant
2 2 (7.69%) PMO Manager
2 2 (7.69%) Service Management Consultant
2 2 (7.69%) SQL DBA
3 1 (3.85%) Analyst
3 1 (3.85%) Architect
3 1 (3.85%) Coordinator
3 1 (3.85%) Developer
3 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (7.69%) NHS
1 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Clustering
2 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (23.08%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
4 3 (11.54%) ITIL
4 3 (11.54%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (11.54%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (11.54%) Project Management
4 3 (11.54%) Service Management
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.69%) Break/Fix
5 2 (7.69%) DevOps
5 2 (7.69%) Hardware Maintenance
5 2 (7.69%) ITSM
5 2 (7.69%) Product Backlog
5 2 (7.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (7.69%) Sprint Retrospective
5 2 (7.69%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
1 2 (7.69%) MCSE
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Citrix
2 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.85%) VMware