Problem-Solving Contracts in Warrington

Problem Solving
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warrington 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 10 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 +3 -6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 28 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warrington 45.16% 12.20% 12.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 45.90% 13.70% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 8
10th Percentile £186 £230 -
25th Percentile £203 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £338 £200
Median % change year-on-year -31.85% +68.75% -55.56%
75th Percentile £425 £403 £233
90th Percentile £584 £431 £330
Cheshire median daily rate £505 £505 £445
% change year-on-year - +13.48% -12.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61 73 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 98.39% 89.02% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 41 53
10th Percentile £203 £158 £200
25th Percentile £230 £256 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% -5.56% +4.05%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £588
90th Percentile £568 £575 £650
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Median hourly rate £12.82 £14.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% -61.11% +119.45%
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
% change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Warrington

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Warrington

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Warrington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Warrington over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Warrington

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Warrington

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warrington 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 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (32.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.86%) ArcGIS
3 3 (10.71%) Skype for Business
4 2 (7.14%) Confluence
5 1 (3.57%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) Azure
1 9 (32.14%) Entra ID
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
1 9 (32.14%) SaaS
2 2 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) BGP
1 3 (10.71%) EIGRP
1 3 (10.71%) IPv4
1 3 (10.71%) MPLS
1 3 (10.71%) OSPF
1 3 (10.71%) SD-WAN
1 3 (10.71%) Skype
1 3 (10.71%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (10.71%) WAN
2 1 (3.57%) DHCP
2 1 (3.57%) DNS
2 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.57%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Service Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Service Desk Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Cabling Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Data Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IP Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Geospatial Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Service Management Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Transmission Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support
6 1 (3.57%) Network Operations Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Senior
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Information Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Wintel Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (10.71%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (3.57%) CMDB
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) NHS
2 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) ITIL
2 11 (39.29%) ITSM
3 7 (25.00%) Agile
4 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
5 5 (17.86%) Problem Management
5 5 (17.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
5 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
6 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 4 (14.29%) Task Automation
7 3 (10.71%) Change Management
7 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
7 3 (10.71%) Configuration Management
7 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
7 3 (10.71%) Network Planning
7 3 (10.71%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (7.14%) Identity Management
8 2 (7.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 16 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (21.43%) Degree
3 4 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (10.71%) CCNP
4 3 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (3.57%) NetApp OnCommand
4 1 (3.57%) vCenter Server
4 1 (3.57%) vMotion
4 1 (3.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Remedy
3 3 (10.71%) BMC
3 3 (10.71%) Cisco
3 3 (10.71%) Huawei
4 1 (3.57%) ESRI
4 1 (3.57%) VMware