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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 11 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warrington 16.42% 15.25% 18.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.45% 16.67% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 6
10th Percentile £162 £250 £256
25th Percentile £193 £306 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £363 £330
Median % change year-on-year -36.55% +9.85% +41.94%
75th Percentile - £388 £441
90th Percentile - £419 £506
Cheshire median daily rate £489 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -6.86% +16.67% -28.57%

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 49 54 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 73.13% 91.53% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 35 43
10th Percentile £196 £158 £190
25th Percentile £230 £180 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £550
90th Percentile £515 £575 £628
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
Median hourly rate £12.82 £11.00 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year +16.55% -12.21% +22.84%
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -8.57% +14.60% +45.43%

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
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 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (45.45%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (45.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) BGP
1 3 (27.27%) EIGRP
1 3 (27.27%) IPv4
1 3 (27.27%) MPLS
1 3 (27.27%) OSPF
1 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) IP Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) CMDB
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Smartphone
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) ITSM
3 5 (45.45%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
4 3 (27.27%) Network Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Problem Management
4 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
6 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Remedy
3 3 (27.27%) BMC
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco
3 3 (27.27%) Huawei