Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 17 August 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 17 August 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Problem-Solving
England > Yorkshire
6 months to
17 Aug 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 31 32 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 286 238 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.78% 5.63% 7.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.62% 6.62% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 142 275
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +1.19% -1.18% +13.33%
10th Percentile £209 £259 £313
90th Percentile £570 £550 £570
England median daily rate £450 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +2.86% +2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 17
Yorkshire median hourly rate £47.50 £14.10 £14.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +236.88% -2.76% +24.17%
10th Percentile £17.25 £10.84 £10.80
90th Percentile £51.75 £43.75 £22.40
England median hourly rate £20.00 £22.56 £18.75
% change year-on-year -11.35% +20.32% -1.32%

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,323 3,597 5,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 87.39% 85.02% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,909 2,358 3,402
Yorkshire median daily rate £410 £400 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +2.50% - +11.11%
10th Percentile £280 £263 £275
90th Percentile £540 £550 £556
England median daily rate £463 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +2.78% +5.88% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 89 110
Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.51 £14.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +25.04% -3.45% +1.75%
10th Percentile £11.17 £8.42 £10.20
90th Percentile £43.25 £38.70 £42.25
England median hourly rate £21.50 £24.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -10.42% +2.13% +9.05%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 August 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 August 2018.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 August 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire -9 196 £425 - 98
South Yorkshire +7 44 £425 - 35
North Yorkshire +10 25 £375 +38.89% 16
East Yorkshire - 6 £450 - 9
Problem-Solving
England

For the 6 months to 17 August 2018, IT contractor jobs citing Problem-Solving also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Problem-Solving.

1 136 (47.55%) Analytical Skills
2 129 (45.10%) Agile Software Development
3 66 (23.08%) Java
4 55 (19.23%) Finance
5 41 (14.34%) Degree
6 38 (13.29%) Linux
7 36 (12.59%) Scrum
8 35 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (12.24%) SQL
9 34 (11.89%) Web Services
10 33 (11.54%) Windows
11 32 (11.19%) Oracle
11 32 (11.19%) Microsoft
11 32 (11.19%) Mentoring
12 30 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (10.49%) Analytics
12 30 (10.49%) SOA
12 30 (10.49%) JavaScript
12 30 (10.49%) Business Analysis
12 30 (10.49%) Continuous Integration
13 29 (10.14%) Git (software)
13 29 (10.14%) HTML
13 29 (10.14%) Relational Database
14 28 (9.79%) OO
15 27 (9.44%) Decision-Making
16 26 (9.09%) OOP
17 25 (8.74%) SQL Server
17 25 (8.74%) CSS
17 25 (8.74%) SOAP
17 25 (8.74%) Test Automation

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.15%) MS Exchange
2 7 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.45%) Tomcat
3 5 (1.75%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.40%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.05%) Apache
5 3 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.05%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (1.05%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.70%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.70%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.70%) Confluence
6 2 (0.70%) JBoss
6 2 (0.70%) Jetty
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.70%) WebLogic Portal
6 2 (0.70%) WildFly
7 1 (0.35%) Jadu
7 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.35%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.85%) Amazon AWS
2 8 (2.80%) Force.com
2 8 (2.80%) GitHub
2 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Azure
2 8 (2.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 5 (1.75%) Office 365
4 4 (1.40%) PaaS
4 4 (1.40%) SaaS
5 3 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.05%) Slack
6 2 (0.70%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.70%) BrowserStack
6 2 (0.70%) Google Cloud Platform
6 2 (0.70%) IaaS
6 2 (0.70%) npm
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon Glacier
7 1 (0.35%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.85%) DNS
1 11 (3.85%) SMS
2 8 (2.80%) HTTP
2 8 (2.80%) SAN
2 8 (2.80%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.80%) WAN
3 7 (2.45%) NAS
4 6 (2.10%) LAN
5 5 (1.75%) Internet
6 4 (1.40%) BGP
6 4 (1.40%) DHCP
6 4 (1.40%) Firewall
6 4 (1.40%) MPLS
6 4 (1.40%) OSPF
7 2 (0.70%) Skype
7 2 (0.70%) SSL
7 2 (0.70%) VPN
7 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.35%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.14%) Relational Database
2 25 (8.74%) SQL Server
3 13 (4.55%) MySQL
4 12 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.20%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.85%) Big Data
5 11 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (3.50%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (2.45%) Oracle Database
7 7 (2.45%) RDBMS
7 7 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.75%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.75%) SQL Server 2016
10 4 (1.40%) Oracle Database 11g
10 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.05%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.70%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.70%) HBase
Development Applications
1 29 (10.14%) Git (software)
2 22 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.20%) Subversion
4 9 (3.15%) JIRA
4 9 (3.15%) Mercurial
5 6 (2.10%) Oracle APEX
5 6 (2.10%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.75%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (1.40%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.40%) IntelliJ
7 4 (1.40%) JUnit
7 4 (1.40%) Selenium
8 3 (1.05%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.05%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.05%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.70%) AppScan
9 2 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.70%) Maven
9 2 (0.70%) ProC
9 2 (0.70%) Toad
General
1 55 (19.23%) Finance
2 17 (5.94%) Banking
3 13 (4.55%) Legal
3 13 (4.55%) Retail
4 11 (3.85%) Marketing
5 6 (2.10%) Back Office
6 4 (1.40%) Electronics
6 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.05%) Billing
7 3 (1.05%) Law
7 3 (1.05%) Publishing
7 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.70%) Advertising
8 2 (0.70%) Games
8 2 (0.70%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.70%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.35%) Digital Economy
9 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.35%) Military
9 1 (0.35%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 67 (23.43%) Developer
2 51 (17.83%) Analyst
3 26 (9.09%) User Researcher
4 24 (8.39%) Architect
5 23 (8.04%) Business Analyst
6 19 (6.64%) Consultant
7 18 (6.29%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (5.94%) Java Developer
9 13 (4.55%) Administrator
10 9 (3.15%) Scrum Master
11 8 (2.80%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.80%) SQL Developer
12 7 (2.45%) Salesforce Developer
13 6 (2.10%) .NET Developer
13 6 (2.10%) Designer
13 6 (2.10%) ETL Developer
13 6 (2.10%) Security Consultant
13 6 (2.10%) Senior Consultant
13 6 (2.10%) Test Analyst
14 5 (1.75%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (11.89%) Web Services
2 29 (10.14%) HTML
3 25 (8.74%) CSS
3 25 (8.74%) SOAP
4 24 (8.39%) REST
5 17 (5.94%) Spring
6 15 (5.24%) .NET
7 14 (4.90%) CSS3
8 13 (4.55%) HTML5
8 13 (4.55%) RESTful
9 12 (4.20%) AngularJS
10 11 (3.85%) XML
11 10 (3.50%) Spring Boot
12 9 (3.15%) JSON
12 9 (3.15%) Node.js
13 8 (2.80%) Visualforce
14 7 (2.45%) J2EE
14 7 (2.45%) jQuery
14 7 (2.45%) React
15 5 (1.75%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 136 (47.55%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (5.59%) User Experience
3 13 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.85%) Clustering
5 9 (3.15%) Blog
6 7 (2.45%) DataPower
6 7 (2.45%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.40%) CMDB
8 4 (1.40%) Computer Science
8 4 (1.40%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.40%) NHS
9 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.35%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.35%) Cyberthreat
10 1 (0.35%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.35%) EMC VMAX
10 1 (0.35%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.29%) Linux
2 33 (11.54%) Windows
3 23 (8.04%) Unix
4 10 (3.50%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.45%) AIX
7 4 (1.40%) CentOS
7 4 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (1.40%) HPUX
7 4 (1.40%) Solaris
7 4 (1.40%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.05%) Android
8 3 (1.05%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.70%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.70%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.70%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.35%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (45.10%) Agile Software Development
2 36 (12.59%) Scrum
3 35 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (11.19%) Mentoring
5 30 (10.49%) Analytics
5 30 (10.49%) Business Analysis
5 30 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (10.49%) Continuous Integration
5 30 (10.49%) SOA
6 28 (9.79%) OO
7 27 (9.44%) Decision-Making
8 26 (9.09%) OOP
9 25 (8.74%) Test Automation
10 24 (8.39%) Microservices
10 24 (8.39%) Open Source
10 24 (8.39%) SDLC
11 21 (7.34%) Usability Testing
12 20 (6.99%) Market Research
12 20 (6.99%) Psychology
13 19 (6.64%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 66 (23.08%) Java
2 35 (12.24%) SQL
3 30 (10.49%) JavaScript
4 15 (5.24%) C#
5 12 (4.20%) Scala
6 11 (3.85%) Java 8
7 10 (3.50%) C
7 10 (3.50%) Groovy
8 9 (3.15%) Apex Code
8 9 (3.15%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.15%) T-SQL
9 8 (2.80%) PHP
9 8 (2.80%) SOQL
10 6 (2.10%) C++
10 6 (2.10%) Clojure
10 6 (2.10%) Perl
10 6 (2.10%) Python
11 5 (1.75%) VB.NET
12 4 (1.40%) ES6
12 4 (1.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (14.34%) Degree
2 18 (6.29%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.24%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.55%) CISSP
5 8 (2.80%) CISM
6 5 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.75%) CISMP
6 5 (1.75%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.40%) CCNA
8 3 (1.05%) CCNP
8 3 (1.05%) CISA
8 3 (1.05%) CRISC
8 3 (1.05%) CSSLP
8 3 (1.05%) GIAC
8 3 (1.05%) GSSP-.NET
8 3 (1.05%) GSSP-JAVA
8 3 (1.05%) GWAPT
8 3 (1.05%) ISACA
8 3 (1.05%) Sun Certification
8 3 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.50%) SLA
2 8 (2.80%) QA
3 6 (2.10%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.05%) GDPR
4 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (6.64%) Docker
2 12 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.05%) vSphere
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.70%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.35%) XenApp
7 1 (0.35%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 20 (6.99%) Puppet
2 15 (5.24%) Ansible
3 14 (4.90%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.50%) SCCM
5 6 (2.10%) Opscode Chef
5 6 (2.10%) WSUS
6 4 (1.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.70%) CA Wily
8 2 (0.70%) CFEngine
8 2 (0.70%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.70%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.70%) Marathon
8 2 (0.70%) Mesos
8 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.70%) OpenView
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.70%) Salt
8 2 (0.70%) Terraform
8 2 (0.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 32 (11.19%) Microsoft
1 32 (11.19%) Oracle
2 15 (5.24%) IBM
3 14 (4.90%) VMware
4 11 (3.85%) SAP
5 10 (3.50%) F5
5 10 (3.50%) Salesforce.com
6 9 (3.15%) Cisco
7 7 (2.45%) HP
7 7 (2.45%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.75%) Dell
8 5 (1.75%) EMC
8 5 (1.75%) Informatica
9 4 (1.40%) Apple
9 4 (1.40%) Citrix
9 4 (1.40%) Google
9 4 (1.40%) NetApp
9 4 (1.40%) Splunk
10 3 (1.05%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.05%) ServiceNow