Problem-Solving Contracts in Cumbria

Problem Solving
North West > Cumbria

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 16 7
Rank change year-on-year +13 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 75 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 28.96% 11.69% 15.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 30.61% 12.50% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 1 2
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £463 £531 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £533 £428
Median % change year-on-year -7.42% +24.42% +28.72%
75th Percentile £500 £534 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £488 £475 £453
% change year-on-year +2.63% +4.97% +13.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 0 10
10th Percentile - - £23.00
25th Percentile - - £41.68
Median hourly rate £10.95 - £47.50
75th Percentile £11.32 - £51.51
90th Percentile £46.80 - £52.88
North West median hourly rate £11.20 £40.59 £23.95
% change year-on-year -72.42% +69.51% +86.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 245 72 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 94.59% 93.51% 79.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 44 37
10th Percentile £423 £369 £298
25th Percentile £481 £446 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.35% -2.63% +35.71%
75th Percentile £665 £486 £538
90th Percentile £725 £531 £588
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 7 20
10th Percentile - £32.34 £23.00
25th Percentile £10.95 £46.38 £40.64
Median hourly rate £21.00 £55.50 £50.02
Median % change year-on-year -62.16% +10.97% +31.62%
75th Percentile £49.41 £83.40 £56.28
90th Percentile £66.61 - £65.00
North West median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -25.71% +51.99% +35.46%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cumbria

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cumbria

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cumbria

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cumbria over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cumbria

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 29 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
Barrow-in-Furness +12 47 £493 - 9
Whitehaven - 7 - - 2
Egremont - 4 - -
Maryport - 4 - -
Workington - 3 - - 3
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Applications
1 26 (34.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.33%) Azure
1 1 (1.33%) IaaS
1 1 (1.33%) PaaS
1 1 (1.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) BGP
1 1 (1.33%) OSPF
1 1 (1.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 42 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.33%) Finance
5 3 (4.00%) Banking
6 2 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (21.33%) Analyst
2 14 (18.67%) Capacity Manager
3 13 (17.33%) Problem Manager
3 13 (17.33%) Service Analyst
3 13 (17.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 12 (16.00%) Availability Manager
4 12 (16.00%) Capacity and Availability Manager
5 9 (12.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (12.00%) IT Support
6 7 (9.33%) Software Asset Manager
6 7 (9.33%) Software Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Configuration Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Coordinator
7 3 (4.00%) Help Desk Support
7 3 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) IT Support Technician
7 3 (4.00%) IT Technician
7 3 (4.00%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (4.00%) Support Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 22 (29.33%) Virtual Team
2 19 (25.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (10.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 26 (34.67%) Windows
1 26 (34.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (53.33%) Time Management
2 39 (52.00%) Mentoring
3 38 (50.67%) Quality Management
3 38 (50.67%) Service Management
4 37 (49.33%) Statistics
5 28 (37.33%) Problem Management
6 26 (34.67%) Customer Service
6 26 (34.67%) Decision-Making
7 22 (29.33%) Virtual Team Management
8 16 (21.33%) Availability Management
8 16 (21.33%) Capacity Management
9 13 (17.33%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (16.00%) ITIL
10 12 (16.00%) Proactive Monitoring
11 8 (10.67%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
12 6 (8.00%) Asset Management
12 6 (8.00%) Internal Audit
12 6 (8.00%) IT Asset Management
13 5 (6.67%) Configuration Management
14 4 (5.33%) Software Asset Management
Qualifications
1 65 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 63 (84.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.67%) Degree
4 2 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.33%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (34.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (12.00%) SLA
3 6 (8.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 32 (42.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.33%) SolarWinds