SOLID Principles
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire requiring SOLID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOLID over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 71 | 64 | 90 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | +26 | +25 |
| Contract jobs citing SOLID | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 0.26% | 0.12% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.29% | 0.14% | 0.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £535 | - | £456 |
| 25th Percentile | £550 | £513 | £466 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £525 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +7.69% | +50.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £538 | £516 |
| 90th Percentile | £665 | - | £529 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £600 | £525 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +7.69% | +50.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire
SOLID 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 West Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 678 | 709 | 1,255 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 89.45% | 85.11% | 90.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 429 | 457 | 834 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £350 | £334 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £419 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £639 | £650 | £700 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 27 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £12.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £12.15 | £13.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.14 | £13.87 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.63% | -25.03% | -7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £74.06 | £26.88 | £21.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £35.75 | £25.63 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £22.14 | £13.87 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.63% | -30.65% | +5.26% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Job postings citing SOLID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOLID in West Yorkshire.
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Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOLID within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | -1 | 1 | £550 | +4.76% | 7 |
| Bradford | - | 1 | £650 | - | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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: