Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 27 May 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 27 May 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
27 May 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 35 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 267 234 391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.49% 5.51% 6.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.36% 6.52% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 113 249
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +16.44%
10th Percentile £200 £253 £310
90th Percentile £537 £600 £571
England median daily rate £440 £425 £420
% change year-on-year +3.53% +1.19% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 12
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.38 £17.25 £14.49
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -16.67% +19.05% +22.23%
10th Percentile £12.06 £11.68 £10.28
90th Percentile £31.86 £26.83 £17.00
England median hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £19.99
% change year-on-year -4.44% +12.56% +5.21%

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 4,196 3,587 4,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.25% 84.46% 84.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,773 2,310 3,240
Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £400 £400
10th Percentile £269 £263 £275
90th Percentile £538 £556 £569
England median daily rate £463 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +2.78% +5.88% +4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 84 114
Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.63 £13.50 £15.88
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +52.83% -14.96% -9.29%
10th Percentile £10.75 £8.89 £10.20
90th Percentile £44.35 £33.72 £39.63
England median hourly rate £22.00 £25.50 £23.62
% change year-on-year -13.73% +7.98% +12.45%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -18 180 £425 -5.56% 97
South Yorkshire +27 62 £450 -5.26% 20
North Yorkshire +8 17 £375 +38.89% 34
East Yorkshire - 5 £458 - 11
Problem-Solving
England

For the 6 months to 27 May 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.

1 143 (53.56%) Agile Software Development
2 139 (52.06%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (18.73%) Degree
4 47 (17.60%) Java
5 41 (15.36%) Finance
6 39 (14.61%) Scrum
7 36 (13.48%) Oracle
8 35 (13.11%) Business Analysis
8 35 (13.11%) Analytics
9 34 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (12.36%) SQL
11 30 (11.24%) User Experience
12 29 (10.86%) Microsoft
13 28 (10.49%) Mentoring
13 28 (10.49%) Decision-Making
14 27 (10.11%) Windows
14 27 (10.11%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (9.74%) Market Research
15 26 (9.74%) Linux
16 25 (9.36%) Psychology
16 25 (9.36%) User Stories
17 24 (8.99%) Usability Testing
17 24 (8.99%) TDD
17 24 (8.99%) HTML
18 23 (8.61%) SQL Server
19 22 (8.24%) Collaborative Working
20 21 (7.87%) Web Services
20 21 (7.87%) Unix
20 21 (7.87%) Git (software)

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 (3.37%) CMS
2 6 (2.25%) SAS
2 6 (2.25%) Sitecore CMS
3 5 (1.87%) Cloud Foundry
3 5 (1.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.87%) Tomcat
3 5 (1.87%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.50%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.12%) Apache
5 3 (1.12%) JBoss
5 3 (1.12%) Jetty
5 3 (1.12%) MS Exchange
5 3 (1.12%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.12%) WildFly
6 2 (0.75%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.75%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.12%) SAP APO
1 3 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.37%) iTrent
2 1 (0.37%) Magento
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (5.62%) Amazon AWS
2 14 (5.24%) Slack
3 10 (3.75%) Microsoft Azure
4 6 (2.25%) PaaS
4 6 (2.25%) SaaS
5 5 (1.87%) Google Cloud Platform
5 5 (1.87%) IaaS
6 4 (1.50%) Force.com
6 4 (1.50%) Office 365
6 4 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.75%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.37%) Boomi
9 1 (0.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.75%) SMS
2 9 (3.37%) Internet
3 7 (2.62%) WAN
4 5 (1.87%) DHCP
4 5 (1.87%) DNS
4 5 (1.87%) Firewall
4 5 (1.87%) LAN
5 4 (1.50%) IP Telephony
6 3 (1.12%) VPN
7 2 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.75%) HTTP
7 2 (0.75%) NAS
7 2 (0.75%) SAN
7 2 (0.75%) Skype
8 1 (0.37%) BGP
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.37%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.37%) Network Security
8 1 (0.37%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.61%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.49%) Relational Database
3 13 (4.87%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.75%) Big Data
5 7 (2.62%) RDBMS
6 6 (2.25%) MySQL
6 6 (2.25%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.87%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.50%) Oracle Database 10g
8 4 (1.50%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (1.50%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (1.50%) SQL Server 2016
8 4 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.75%) DTS
10 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.75%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 21 (7.87%) Git (software)
2 20 (7.49%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.37%) JIRA
4 6 (2.25%) Subversion
4 6 (2.25%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.50%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.12%) Android Studio
6 3 (1.12%) Gradle
6 3 (1.12%) JUnit
6 3 (1.12%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (1.12%) Selenium
6 3 (1.12%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.75%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.75%) Firebug
7 2 (0.75%) JMeter
7 2 (0.75%) Protractor
7 2 (0.75%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.75%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.75%) Toad
General
1 41 (15.36%) Finance
2 16 (5.99%) Banking
3 10 (3.75%) Legal
3 10 (3.75%) Marketing
4 9 (3.37%) Retail
5 6 (2.25%) Back Office
5 6 (2.25%) Games
6 5 (1.87%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.50%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.12%) Billing
9 2 (0.75%) Advertising
9 2 (0.75%) Digital Economy
9 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.37%) Electronics
10 1 (0.37%) Law
10 1 (0.37%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.37%) Online Betting
10 1 (0.37%) Publishing
10 1 (0.37%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (21.35%) Analyst
2 47 (17.60%) Developer
3 39 (14.61%) User Researcher
4 30 (11.24%) Business Analyst
5 17 (6.37%) Architect
6 13 (4.87%) Consultant
7 12 (4.49%) Java Developer
8 11 (4.12%) Data Analyst
8 11 (4.12%) Scrum Master
8 11 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.75%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.37%) .NET Developer
10 9 (3.37%) C# Developer
11 8 (3.00%) C# .NET Developer
12 7 (2.62%) 2nd Line Support
12 7 (2.62%) Designer
13 6 (2.25%) IT Analyst
13 6 (2.25%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.25%) Systems Engineer
13 6 (2.25%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.99%) HTML
2 21 (7.87%) Web Services
3 15 (5.62%) CSS
3 15 (5.62%) Spring
4 14 (5.24%) .NET
4 14 (5.24%) REST
5 13 (4.87%) jQuery
5 13 (4.87%) SOAP
6 11 (4.12%) XML
7 9 (3.37%) ASP.NET
7 9 (3.37%) ASP.NET MVC
7 9 (3.37%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (3.37%) React
8 7 (2.62%) HTML5
8 7 (2.62%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.25%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.25%) CSS3
9 6 (2.25%) JSON
9 6 (2.25%) JSP
9 6 (2.25%) Vue (Vue.js)
Miscellaneous
1 139 (52.06%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (11.24%) User Experience
3 18 (6.74%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.12%) Blog
5 9 (3.37%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.62%) Mainframe
7 6 (2.25%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.25%) NHS
8 5 (1.87%) Clustering
9 4 (1.50%) Computer Science
9 4 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.12%) Cyberthreat
10 3 (1.12%) DataPower
10 3 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.12%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.75%) PMI
11 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.37%) PlayStation
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.11%) Windows
2 26 (9.74%) Linux
3 21 (7.87%) Unix
4 10 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (2.25%) AIX
6 6 (2.25%) CentOS
6 6 (2.25%) HPUX
6 6 (2.25%) Solaris
6 6 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.87%) Android
7 5 (1.87%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (1.87%) Windows XP
8 4 (1.50%) Windows 2000
8 4 (1.50%) Windows Server
8 4 (1.50%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.12%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.12%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.75%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.75%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (53.56%) Agile Software Development
2 39 (14.61%) Scrum
3 35 (13.11%) Analytics
3 35 (13.11%) Business Analysis
4 34 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (10.49%) Decision-Making
5 28 (10.49%) Mentoring
6 27 (10.11%) Continuous Integration
7 26 (9.74%) Market Research
8 25 (9.36%) Psychology
8 25 (9.36%) User Stories
9 24 (8.99%) TDD
9 24 (8.99%) Usability Testing
10 22 (8.24%) Collaborative Working
11 20 (7.49%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (7.49%) Test Automation
12 19 (7.12%) Service Delivery
12 19 (7.12%) SOA
13 18 (6.74%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.60%) Java
2 33 (12.36%) SQL
3 18 (6.74%) JavaScript
4 13 (4.87%) C#
4 13 (4.87%) T-SQL
5 9 (3.37%) PHP
6 7 (2.62%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.25%) Java 8
7 6 (2.25%) Python
7 6 (2.25%) Ruby
8 5 (1.87%) Bash Shell
8 5 (1.87%) C
8 5 (1.87%) C++
9 4 (1.50%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.50%) SOQL
10 3 (1.12%) ABAP
10 3 (1.12%) Go
10 3 (1.12%) Perl
11 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 50 (18.73%) Degree
2 15 (5.62%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.24%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.37%) CISSP
5 6 (2.25%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.87%) CISMP
6 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.50%) CCNA
7 4 (1.50%) CISA
7 4 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.50%) CISM
7 4 (1.50%) CRISC
7 4 (1.50%) HNC
7 4 (1.50%) MCP
8 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.12%) GIAC
8 3 (1.12%) GSSP-.NET
8 3 (1.12%) GSSP-JAVA
8 3 (1.12%) GWAPT
8 3 (1.12%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.87%) SLA
2 9 (3.37%) QA
3 8 (3.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.62%) GDPR
5 6 (2.25%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.87%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.50%) PMO
8 2 (0.75%) GCP
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (5.62%) Docker
2 14 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.50%) vSphere
5 3 (1.12%) XenApp
6 2 (0.75%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (0.75%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.75%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.37%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 18 (6.74%) Puppet
2 11 (4.12%) Ansible
3 8 (3.00%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.62%) Opscode Chef
5 5 (1.87%) Marathon
5 5 (1.87%) Mesos
5 5 (1.87%) Salt
5 5 (1.87%) SCCM
6 3 (1.12%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 2 (0.75%) CA Wily
7 2 (0.75%) CFEngine
7 2 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.75%) OpenView
7 2 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.37%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 36 (13.48%) Oracle
2 29 (10.86%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.49%) SAP
4 10 (3.75%) IBM
5 9 (3.37%) HP
5 9 (3.37%) VMware
6 7 (2.62%) Citrix
7 6 (2.25%) F5
7 6 (2.25%) Informatica
7 6 (2.25%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.25%) Sitecore
8 5 (1.87%) Brocade
8 5 (1.87%) Salesforce.com
9 4 (1.50%) Apple
9 4 (1.50%) Cisco
10 3 (1.12%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.12%) EMC
10 3 (1.12%) Intel
10 3 (1.12%) NetApp
10 3 (1.12%) Teradata