Problem-Solving Contracts in Yorkshire

Problem Solving
England > Yorkshire

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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 12 23
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 246 212 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 14.68% 9.33% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.01% 10.26% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 103 113
10th Percentile £180 £383 £214
25th Percentile £319 £483 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £440
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +25.00% +3.53%
75th Percentile £544 £616 £531
90th Percentile £625 £690 £550
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 17
10th Percentile £11.75 £16.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £15.00 £25.50 £11.25
Median hourly rate £16.25 £40.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year -59.38% +137.39% +15.69%
75th Percentile £20.24 £55.00 £18.70
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.00 £28.95
England median hourly rate £17.50 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -65.00% +150.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,446 2,067 2,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.28% 90.98% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 1,371 1,749
10th Percentile £275 £285 £262
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +8.25% +10.86%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £556
90th Percentile £650 £700 £646
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 63 80
10th Percentile £11.30 - £10.70
25th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £17.82
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -40.35% -9.51%
75th Percentile £22.00 £20.57 £22.81
90th Percentile £53.75 £55.23 £27.63
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Yorkshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024. 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
West Yorkshire +9 176 £488 -11.36% 184
South Yorkshire +10 48 £470 -10.48% 92
North Yorkshire +8 16 £130 -76.15% 42
East Yorkshire +4 5 £500 +6.38% 21
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.85%) Confluence
2 5 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.63%) WordPress
4 3 (1.22%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.22%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.22%) nginx
5 2 (0.81%) Apache
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.41%) CICS
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (9.35%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.22%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.22%) Blender
4 3 (1.22%) Maya
4 3 (1.22%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.85%) SAP PM
3 5 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.81%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.32%) GCP
2 16 (6.50%) Azure
3 15 (6.10%) AWS
3 15 (6.10%) Power Platform
4 12 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.25%) GitHub
5 8 (3.25%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.44%) Apigee
6 6 (2.44%) Kong
6 6 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.63%) MailChimp
9 3 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.22%) CloudBees
9 3 (1.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (1.22%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.81%) AWS Data Pipeline
10 2 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.81%) OCI
10 2 (0.81%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
2 17 (6.91%) LAN
3 15 (6.10%) Firewall
4 13 (5.28%) DNS
5 12 (4.88%) WAN
6 9 (3.66%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (2.85%) DHCP
8 6 (2.44%) HTTP
8 6 (2.44%) SSL
8 6 (2.44%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.44%) VPN
9 5 (2.03%) Internet
9 5 (2.03%) SAN
10 1 (0.41%) Broadband
10 1 (0.41%) PSTN
10 1 (0.41%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.10%) Power BI
2 7 (2.85%) NoSQL
2 7 (2.85%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.63%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.63%) Tableau
5 3 (1.22%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.22%) Bigtable
5 3 (1.22%) ClickHouse
5 3 (1.22%) Cloud Spanner
5 3 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.22%) GIS
5 3 (1.22%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.81%) Apache Hive
6 2 (0.81%) Big Data
6 2 (0.81%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.81%) Spark SQL
6 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (4.07%) Git
1 10 (4.07%) JIRA
2 9 (3.66%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 6 (2.44%) CircleCI
3 6 (2.44%) GitLab
3 6 (2.44%) Travis CI
4 3 (1.22%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.22%) JMeter
4 3 (1.22%) XCUITest
5 2 (0.81%) Selenium
6 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.41%) Postman
6 1 (0.41%) TestRail
6 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 148 (60.16%) Social Skills
2 88 (35.77%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (13.41%) Finance
4 21 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.88%) Banking
5 12 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (1.22%) Games
6 3 (1.22%) Health Technology
6 3 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.22%) Marketing
7 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.41%) Billing
8 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.41%) Legal
8 1 (0.41%) Police
8 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (14.63%) Analyst
1 36 (14.63%) Service Desk Agent
2 30 (12.20%) Developer
3 27 (10.98%) Business Analyst
4 22 (8.94%) Lead
5 12 (4.88%) IT Engineer
5 12 (4.88%) Senior
6 11 (4.47%) Consultant
7 9 (3.66%) ServiceNow Developer
8 8 (3.25%) Network Engineer
8 8 (3.25%) SAP Analyst
8 8 (3.25%) SAP Business Analyst
9 7 (2.85%) IT Technician
9 7 (2.85%) Service Analyst
9 7 (2.85%) Tester
10 6 (2.44%) Architect
10 6 (2.44%) Automation Tester
10 6 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (2.44%) IT Support
10 6 (2.44%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.47%) Kafka
2 8 (3.25%) JSON
3 6 (2.44%) ActiveMQ
3 6 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (2.44%) XML
3 6 (2.44%) YAML
4 5 (2.03%) .NET
4 5 (2.03%) CSS
4 5 (2.03%) HTML
4 5 (2.03%) Web Services
5 4 (1.63%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.63%) LDAP
6 3 (1.22%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.22%) Apache Beam
6 3 (1.22%) Gherkin
6 3 (1.22%) Keycloak
6 3 (1.22%) REST
6 3 (1.22%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.81%) ISPF
7 2 (0.81%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.07%) Algorithms
2 9 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (3.66%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.25%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.85%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.44%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.44%) NHS
5 6 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (1.63%) CMDB
6 4 (1.63%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.63%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.22%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.22%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.22%) Smart Meter
7 3 (1.22%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (0.81%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.79%) Windows
2 14 (5.69%) Windows 10
3 9 (3.66%) Linux
4 8 (3.25%) Android
5 7 (2.85%) Windows 7
6 6 (2.44%) Windows Server
7 5 (2.03%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.22%) zOS
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.98%) Agile
2 48 (19.51%) Customer Service
3 41 (16.67%) Project Management
4 32 (13.01%) DevOps
5 29 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (10.98%) CI/CD
7 25 (10.16%) Service Delivery
8 24 (9.76%) ITIL
9 23 (9.35%) User Stories
10 21 (8.54%) Requirements Gathering
10 21 (8.54%) Test Automation
11 20 (8.13%) ITSM
11 20 (8.13%) Scrum
12 19 (7.72%) Change Management
13 18 (7.32%) Break/Fix
13 18 (7.32%) Business Analysis
13 18 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (6.10%) Decision-Making
14 15 (6.10%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.16%) Python
2 21 (8.54%) JavaScript
3 11 (4.47%) Java
3 11 (4.47%) SQL
4 9 (3.66%) Bash
4 9 (3.66%) PowerShell
5 8 (3.25%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.03%) C#
6 5 (2.03%) Scala
7 4 (1.63%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.63%) VB.NET
7 4 (1.63%) VBA
8 3 (1.22%) Go
8 3 (1.22%) Groovy
8 3 (1.22%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.22%) Ruby
9 2 (0.81%) ABAP
9 2 (0.81%) C
9 2 (0.81%) C++
9 2 (0.81%) JCL
Qualifications
1 30 (12.20%) Degree
2 10 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.85%) CCNA
3 7 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (2.85%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (2.85%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.03%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.63%) CBAP
6 4 (1.63%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.63%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.41%) CISM
8 1 (0.41%) CISSP
8 1 (0.41%) Dell Certification
8 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.94%) QA
2 21 (8.54%) SLA
3 6 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.22%) GDPR
4 3 (1.22%) PMO
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.41%) GRC
5 1 (0.41%) HL7
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (5.28%) Active Directory
1 13 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.88%) Docker
3 7 (2.85%) KVM
3 7 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.85%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (2.85%) VMware Workstation
4 5 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.81%) HDFS
6 2 (0.81%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.41%) ACF2
7 1 (0.41%) RACF
Systems Management
1 15 (6.10%) Ansible
2 11 (4.47%) Kubernetes
3 10 (4.07%) Terraform
4 9 (3.66%) Grafana
5 7 (2.85%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.44%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (2.44%) Kibana
6 6 (2.44%) logstash
6 6 (2.44%) Progress Chef
6 6 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.44%) Puppet
7 4 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.81%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.41%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 60 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.13%) SAP
3 18 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.28%) Citrix
4 13 (5.28%) VMware
5 12 (4.88%) Cisco
6 11 (4.47%) 3Com
6 11 (4.47%) Aruba
6 11 (4.47%) Brocade
6 11 (4.47%) Juniper
6 11 (4.47%) Meraki
7 8 (3.25%) IBM
8 6 (2.44%) Google
8 6 (2.44%) Solace
8 6 (2.44%) Splunk
9 4 (1.63%) Hootsuite
9 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.22%) Adobe
10 3 (1.22%) ESRI
10 3 (1.22%) HP