Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 17 October 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 October 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 Oct 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 33 30 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 -11 +13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 271 238 421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.50% 5.61% 7.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.33% 6.62% 8.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 164 247
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +2.35% -2.29% +9.68%
10th Percentile £204 £258 £298
90th Percentile £575 £559 £538
England median daily rate £450 £438 £421
% change year-on-year +2.86% +4.04% +5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 28
Yorkshire median hourly rate £30.00 £14.20 £14.75
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +111.27% -3.73% +22.92%
10th Percentile £13.75 £10.61 £12.10
90th Percentile £48.25 £23.58 £23.75
England median hourly rate £23.98 £25.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -4.08% +47.06% -15.00%

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 4,278 3,594 4,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.79% 84.66% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,881 2,389 3,167
Yorkshire median daily rate £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +3.13% - +6.67%
10th Percentile £281 £263 £263
90th Percentile £550 £550 £539
England median daily rate £470 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +4.44% +5.88% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 86 124
Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.41 £14.20 £14.87
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +22.61% -4.47% +2.52%
10th Percentile £10.75 £9.06 £10.58
90th Percentile £43.25 £28.03 £40.85
England median hourly rate £21.00 £24.87 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.54% +10.51% +3.97%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 0 202 £425 +6.25% 89
South Yorkshire -10 35 £419 -1.47% 23
North Yorkshire +3 19 £375 +25.00% 23
East Yorkshire +3 1 £200 - 12
Problem-Solving
England

For the 6 months to 17 October 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.

1 109 (40.22%) Agile Software Development
2 99 (36.53%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (23.25%) Finance
4 54 (19.93%) Java
5 42 (15.50%) Microsoft
6 40 (14.76%) Windows
7 37 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 36 (13.28%) Scrum
9 32 (11.81%) Linux
10 31 (11.44%) SQL
11 30 (11.07%) JavaScript
11 30 (11.07%) Web Services
11 30 (11.07%) Degree
12 29 (10.70%) Git (software)
12 29 (10.70%) HTML
13 27 (9.96%) CSS
14 26 (9.59%) SOA
14 26 (9.59%) Business Analysis
15 24 (8.86%) OO
15 24 (8.86%) Active Directory
16 23 (8.49%) OOP
16 23 (8.49%) Microservices
17 22 (8.12%) Decision-Making
17 22 (8.12%) Project Management
18 21 (7.75%) SOAP
18 21 (7.75%) TDD
18 21 (7.75%) Mentoring
19 20 (7.38%) Analytics
20 19 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
20 19 (7.01%) Continuous Integration

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 13 (4.80%) MS Exchange
2 10 (3.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.48%) Confluence
3 4 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (1.48%) Skype for Business
3 4 (1.48%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.11%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (0.74%) SAS
5 2 (0.74%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.74%) WebLogic Portal
5 2 (0.74%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.74%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.37%) Documentum
6 1 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) Jadu
6 1 (0.37%) Mule
6 1 (0.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.37%) Magento
3 1 (0.37%) Salesforce.com CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.69%) Amazon AWS
1 10 (3.69%) GitHub
2 9 (3.32%) Microsoft Azure
3 8 (2.95%) Office 365
4 4 (1.48%) Force.com
4 4 (1.48%) iPaaS
4 4 (1.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 3 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.74%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.74%) Azure Active Directory
6 2 (0.74%) Google Cloud Platform
6 2 (0.74%) npm
7 1 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.37%) Amazon Glacier
7 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.37%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.37%) PaaS
7 1 (0.37%) SaaS
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.17%) TCP/IP
2 13 (4.80%) DNS
3 10 (3.69%) SAN
4 9 (3.32%) NAS
4 9 (3.32%) SMS
5 8 (2.95%) WAN
6 7 (2.58%) HTTP
7 6 (2.21%) DHCP
7 6 (2.21%) LAN
8 4 (1.48%) BGP
8 4 (1.48%) Firewall
8 4 (1.48%) MPLS
8 4 (1.48%) OSPF
8 4 (1.48%) Skype
8 4 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.11%) DLNA
9 3 (1.11%) Internet
9 3 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.11%) UPnP
10 2 (0.74%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.01%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.27%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.69%) MySQL
3 10 (3.69%) NoSQL
3 10 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.32%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (2.58%) Big Data
5 7 (2.58%) Oracle Database
6 6 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.85%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.48%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (1.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.11%) SQL Server 2016
10 2 (0.74%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.74%) Power BI
10 2 (0.74%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 29 (10.70%) Git (software)
2 16 (5.90%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.32%) JIRA
3 9 (3.32%) Mercurial
4 8 (2.95%) Subversion
5 6 (2.21%) gulp
5 6 (2.21%) JUnit
6 5 (1.85%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (1.48%) Selenium
8 3 (1.11%) GCC
8 3 (1.11%) GDB
8 3 (1.11%) GoogleTest
8 3 (1.11%) IntelliJ
8 3 (1.11%) Mockito
8 3 (1.11%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (1.11%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.11%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.11%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.74%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.74%) Eclipse
General
1 63 (23.25%) Finance
2 18 (6.64%) Banking
3 15 (5.54%) Retail
4 7 (2.58%) Legal
4 7 (2.58%) Marketing
5 5 (1.85%) Electronics
6 4 (1.48%) Publishing
7 3 (1.11%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.11%) Retail Banking
7 3 (1.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.74%) Billing
8 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.74%) Law
9 1 (0.37%) Advertising
9 1 (0.37%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.37%) Military
9 1 (0.37%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 65 (23.99%) Developer
2 42 (15.50%) Analyst
3 24 (8.86%) Architect
4 22 (8.12%) Business Analyst
5 18 (6.64%) Java Developer
6 16 (5.90%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (5.54%) User Researcher
8 14 (5.17%) Administrator
9 13 (4.80%) Project Manager
10 12 (4.43%) Consultant
11 10 (3.69%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.95%) Designer
13 7 (2.58%) SQL Developer
14 6 (2.21%) IT Engineer
14 6 (2.21%) Salesforce Developer
14 6 (2.21%) Systems Administrator
15 5 (1.85%) 2nd Line Support
15 5 (1.85%) IT Analyst
15 5 (1.85%) Senior Consultant
15 5 (1.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.07%) Web Services
2 29 (10.70%) HTML
3 27 (9.96%) CSS
4 21 (7.75%) SOAP
5 18 (6.64%) REST
5 18 (6.64%) RESTful
6 14 (5.17%) Spring
7 12 (4.43%) .NET
8 11 (4.06%) CSS3
9 10 (3.69%) HTML5
9 10 (3.69%) Node.js
10 8 (2.95%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.95%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.95%) XML
11 6 (2.21%) J2EE
11 6 (2.21%) jQuery
11 6 (2.21%) JSON
11 6 (2.21%) React
11 6 (2.21%) Visualforce
12 4 (1.48%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 99 (36.53%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.54%) User Experience
4 12 (4.43%) Clustering
5 9 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.32%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.58%) Computer Science
7 6 (2.21%) DataPower
8 5 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.85%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.48%) CMDB
10 3 (1.11%) Blog
10 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.11%) iPhone
10 3 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.11%) MPEG
11 2 (0.74%) EPoS
11 2 (0.74%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.74%) NHS
12 1 (0.37%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.76%) Windows
2 32 (11.81%) Linux
3 18 (6.64%) Unix
4 13 (4.80%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.32%) Windows 7
6 8 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.85%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.48%) Android
9 3 (1.11%) AIX
9 3 (1.11%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.11%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.74%) SUSE
11 1 (0.37%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.37%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.37%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.37%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (40.22%) Agile Software Development
2 37 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (13.28%) Scrum
4 26 (9.59%) Business Analysis
4 26 (9.59%) SOA
5 24 (8.86%) OO
6 23 (8.49%) Microservices
6 23 (8.49%) OOP
7 22 (8.12%) Decision-Making
7 22 (8.12%) Project Management
8 21 (7.75%) Mentoring
8 21 (7.75%) TDD
9 20 (7.38%) Analytics
10 19 (7.01%) Continuous Integration
11 18 (6.64%) Test Automation
12 17 (6.27%) Open Source
12 17 (6.27%) SDLC
13 16 (5.90%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (5.90%) Change Management
13 16 (5.90%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 54 (19.93%) Java
2 31 (11.44%) SQL
3 30 (11.07%) JavaScript
4 14 (5.17%) C#
4 14 (5.17%) Scala
5 12 (4.43%) Groovy
6 10 (3.69%) C
6 10 (3.69%) Java 8
7 9 (3.32%) T-SQL
8 8 (2.95%) Perl
9 7 (2.58%) Apex Code
10 6 (2.21%) Clojure
10 6 (2.21%) Python
10 6 (2.21%) SOQL
11 5 (1.85%) Bash Shell
11 5 (1.85%) C++
11 5 (1.85%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.85%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.48%) PHP
12 4 (1.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (11.07%) Degree
2 15 (5.54%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.43%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.95%) CISSP
5 7 (2.58%) CISM
6 6 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.48%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.11%) CCNA
8 3 (1.11%) CCNP
8 3 (1.11%) MCP
8 3 (1.11%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.74%) ISEB
9 2 (0.74%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.74%) PMP
9 2 (0.74%) Sun Certification
9 2 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.06%) QA
2 9 (3.32%) SLA
3 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.11%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.11%) PMO
5 2 (0.74%) GDPR
5 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.37%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.17%) Docker
3 10 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (1.48%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (6.64%) Puppet
2 15 (5.54%) SCCM
3 14 (5.17%) Ansible
4 12 (4.43%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.58%) WSUS
6 6 (2.21%) Opscode Chef
7 5 (1.85%) Terraform
8 3 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (1.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.74%) CFEngine
9 2 (0.74%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.74%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
10 1 (0.37%) Grafana
10 1 (0.37%) Kibana
10 1 (0.37%) Salt
10 1 (0.37%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 42 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.90%) Oracle
2 16 (5.90%) VMware
3 10 (3.69%) Cisco
3 10 (3.69%) IBM
4 9 (3.32%) F5
5 8 (2.95%) Salesforce.com
5 8 (2.95%) SAP
6 6 (2.21%) Dell
6 6 (2.21%) Google
7 5 (1.85%) EMC
7 5 (1.85%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.85%) Splunk
8 4 (1.48%) Citrix
8 4 (1.48%) NetApp
8 4 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.11%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.11%) Intel
10 2 (0.74%) Apple
10 2 (0.74%) Cognos