Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 20 February 2020

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 20 February 2020 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
20 Feb 2020		 Same period 2019 Same period 2018
Rank 24 30 36
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 -17
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 199 293 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.66% 6.01% 5.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.83% 6.92% 6.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 183 189
Yorkshire median daily rate £438 £425 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +2.94% - -
10th Percentile £314 £250 £185
90th Percentile £575 £575 £550
England median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 6 12
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £15.35 £14.38
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +27.08% +6.75% -0.86%
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.92 £13.43
90th Percentile £58.75 £20.23 £22.35
England median hourly rate £26.50 £24.26 £26.78
% change year-on-year +9.22% -9.38% +48.75%

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 2,542 4,232 3,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 85.07% 86.83% 85.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,648 2,874 2,604
Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
10th Percentile £287 £275 £263
90th Percentile £588 £575 £538
England median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 107 122
Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.45 £16.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +9.03% -6.62% +21.93%
10th Percentile £10.50 £10.75 £10.53
90th Percentile £35.00 £41.50 £41.50
England median hourly rate £22.86 £23.86 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.17% -0.59% -2.04%

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 20 February 2020.

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 20 February 2020.

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 20 February 2020. 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 +9 147 £475 +11.76% 101
South Yorkshire +13 27 £419 +11.67% 42
North Yorkshire -8 12 £368 -20.54% 22
East Yorkshire -1 3 - - 16
Problem-Solving
England

For the 6 months to 20 February 2020, 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 72 (36.18%) Analytical Skills
2 68 (34.17%) Agile Software Development
3 53 (26.63%) Microsoft
4 38 (19.10%) Finance
5 33 (16.58%) Windows
6 29 (14.57%) Microsoft Office
7 27 (13.57%) Scrum
7 27 (13.57%) Public Sector
8 26 (13.07%) ITIL
9 24 (12.06%) Java
9 24 (12.06%) Service Delivery
10 23 (11.56%) SQL
11 22 (11.06%) Degree
12 21 (10.55%) Business Analysis
12 21 (10.55%) Web Services
12 21 (10.55%) NHS
13 20 (10.05%) Active Directory
13 20 (10.05%) Git (software)
13 20 (10.05%) Azure
14 19 (9.55%) Jenkins
15 18 (9.05%) Continuous Integration
15 18 (9.05%) Windows Server
15 18 (9.05%) Service Design
16 17 (8.54%) AWS
16 17 (8.54%) Relational Database
16 17 (8.54%) DevOps
16 17 (8.54%) Project Management
16 17 (8.54%) SQL Server
16 17 (8.54%) Linux
16 17 (8.54%) Change Management

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 (4.52%) SAS
2 7 (3.52%) Confluence
2 7 (3.52%) IIS
3 5 (2.51%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.01%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.51%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.50%) CMS
7 1 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.50%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 29 (14.57%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.02%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.01%) Sketch
6 1 (0.50%) InVision
6 1 (0.50%) Marvel
6 1 (0.50%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 9 (4.52%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (1.01%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.05%) Azure
2 17 (8.54%) AWS
3 13 (6.53%) Office 365
4 6 (3.02%) IaaS
4 6 (3.02%) PaaS
5 5 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
5 5 (2.51%) SaaS
6 4 (2.01%) GCP
6 4 (2.01%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.01%) Slack
7 3 (1.51%) Basecamp
7 3 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Active Directory
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.04%) HTTP
2 10 (5.03%) LAN
3 9 (4.52%) DNS
3 9 (4.52%) Firewall
3 9 (4.52%) WAN
4 8 (4.02%) DHCP
5 7 (3.52%) SAN
6 6 (3.02%) VPN
7 5 (2.51%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.51%) Wireless
8 4 (2.01%) IP Telephony
8 4 (2.01%) Skype
8 4 (2.01%) Unified Communications
8 4 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.01%) WLAN
9 3 (1.51%) DSL
9 3 (1.51%) Internet
9 3 (1.51%) NAS
9 3 (1.51%) VSAN
10 2 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.54%) Relational Database
1 17 (8.54%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.52%) RDBMS
2 7 (3.52%) Spotfire
3 6 (3.02%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.01%) Power BI
6 3 (1.51%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.51%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.01%) Big Data
7 2 (1.01%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (1.01%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (0.50%) Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.50%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.50%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 20 (10.05%) Git (software)
2 19 (9.55%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.52%) JIRA
4 5 (2.51%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.01%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.01%) JUnit
5 2 (1.01%) LSMW
5 2 (1.01%) NUnit
5 2 (1.01%) RStudio
5 2 (1.01%) Selenium
5 2 (1.01%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.50%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.50%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.50%) MSI
6 1 (0.50%) PyCharm
6 1 (0.50%) Subversion
6 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 38 (19.10%) Finance
2 27 (13.57%) Public Sector
3 16 (8.04%) Retail
4 8 (4.02%) Financial Institution
5 6 (3.02%) Banking
6 4 (2.01%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.51%) Law
8 2 (1.01%) German Language
8 2 (1.01%) Local Government
9 1 (0.50%) Billing
9 1 (0.50%) Games
9 1 (0.50%) Legal
9 1 (0.50%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (28.14%) Analyst
2 33 (16.58%) Developer
3 26 (13.07%) Business Analyst
4 17 (8.54%) Consultant
5 10 (5.03%) Administrator
6 9 (4.52%) Security Consultant
6 9 (4.52%) TIBCO Developer
7 8 (4.02%) Scala Developer
7 8 (4.02%) Security Analyst
7 8 (4.02%) TIBCO BusinessWorks Developer
8 7 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 7 (3.52%) Desktop Engineer
8 7 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.52%) Java Developer
8 7 (3.52%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.02%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.02%) Network Engineer
9 6 (3.02%) Product Manager
9 6 (3.02%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.55%) Web Services
2 14 (7.04%) CSS
2 14 (7.04%) HTML
3 12 (6.03%) Spring
4 11 (5.53%) REST
5 10 (5.03%) HTML5
6 9 (4.52%) Ajax
6 9 (4.52%) CSS3
6 9 (4.52%) JDBC
6 9 (4.52%) JMS
6 9 (4.52%) JSON
6 9 (4.52%) SOAP
6 9 (4.52%) TIBCO EMS
6 9 (4.52%) XML
7 8 (4.02%) .NET
7 8 (4.02%) Play Framework
8 7 (3.52%) Node.js
8 7 (3.52%) RESTful
8 7 (3.52%) Spring Boot
9 5 (2.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 72 (36.18%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (10.55%) NHS
3 9 (4.52%) Algorithms
4 8 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.52%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.52%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.51%) User Experience
7 4 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.01%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.51%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.51%) EMC VMAX
8 3 (1.51%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.51%) PMI
9 2 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.01%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.50%) Clustering
10 1 (0.50%) FMCG
10 1 (0.50%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.50%) Online Banking
10 1 (0.50%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.58%) Windows
2 18 (9.05%) Windows Server
3 17 (8.54%) Linux
4 10 (5.03%) Unix
4 10 (5.03%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.51%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.01%) HPUX
6 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.51%) Android
7 3 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.51%) zOS
8 2 (1.01%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.50%) CentOS
9 1 (0.50%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (34.17%) Agile Software Development
2 27 (13.57%) Scrum
3 26 (13.07%) ITIL
4 24 (12.06%) Service Delivery
5 21 (10.55%) Business Analysis
6 18 (9.05%) Continuous Integration
6 18 (9.05%) Service Design
7 17 (8.54%) Change Management
7 17 (8.54%) DevOps
7 17 (8.54%) Project Management
7 17 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (8.04%) Incident Management
8 16 (8.04%) Test Automation
9 13 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (6.53%) Process Improvement
9 13 (6.53%) Project Delivery
9 13 (6.53%) SOA
9 13 (6.53%) Workflow
10 12 (6.03%) Decision-Making
10 12 (6.03%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.06%) Java
2 23 (11.56%) SQL
3 15 (7.54%) Python
4 12 (6.03%) Ruby
5 10 (5.03%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.52%) XPath
7 8 (4.02%) Scala
8 7 (3.52%) JavaScript
9 6 (3.02%) C#
10 5 (2.51%) Java 8
11 3 (1.51%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.51%) Bash Shell
11 3 (1.51%) Go
11 3 (1.51%) Groovy
11 3 (1.51%) JCL
11 3 (1.51%) REXX
12 2 (1.01%) ABAP
12 2 (1.01%) ES6
12 2 (1.01%) R
12 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (11.06%) Degree
2 11 (5.53%) CISM
2 11 (5.53%) CISSP
3 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.02%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.51%) IIBA
5 3 (1.51%) ISEB
5 3 (1.51%) MCITP
5 3 (1.51%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.01%) CBAP
6 2 (1.01%) CCNA
6 2 (1.01%) CCNP
6 2 (1.01%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.01%) VCP6
6 2 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.50%) HND
7 1 (0.50%) MCP
7 1 (0.50%) MCSD
7 1 (0.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.53%) SLA
2 12 (6.03%) PCI DSS
3 8 (4.02%) GDPR
4 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.01%) QA
6 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.50%) HL7
6 1 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (10.05%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.04%) Docker
3 9 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.51%) ACF2
4 3 (1.51%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.51%) RACF
4 3 (1.51%) Time Sharing Option
4 3 (1.51%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.51%) vSphere
5 2 (1.01%) NFS
5 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.50%) Firmware
6 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.50%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (7.04%) Ansible
2 12 (6.03%) SCCM
3 10 (5.03%) Puppet
4 8 (4.02%) Opscode Chef
4 8 (4.02%) Terraform
5 7 (3.52%) Kubernetes
6 6 (3.02%) Rancher
7 3 (1.51%) Kibana
7 3 (1.51%) OMEGAMON
7 3 (1.51%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.51%) vRealize
8 2 (1.01%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.50%) SCOM
9 1 (0.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 53 (26.63%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.54%) Google
2 15 (7.54%) Oracle
3 10 (5.03%) VMware
4 9 (4.52%) TIBCO
5 7 (3.52%) Cisco
6 6 (3.02%) Splunk
7 5 (2.51%) IBM
7 5 (2.51%) SAP
7 5 (2.51%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.01%) Apple
9 3 (1.51%) CA
9 3 (1.51%) Citrix
9 3 (1.51%) EMC
9 3 (1.51%) NetApp
9 3 (1.51%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.51%) TOWER Software
9 3 (1.51%) Veritas
10 2 (1.01%) Adobe
10 2 (1.01%) HP