Problem-Solving Contracts in Manchester

Problem Solving
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 20 34
Rank change year-on-year +7 +14 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 141 124 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 9.78% 6.95% 6.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.32% 7.67% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 58 106
10th Percentile £313 £295 £175
25th Percentile £366 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £431
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +7.25% -4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £573
90th Percentile £656 £650 £650
North West median daily rate £488 £475 £453
% change year-on-year +2.63% +4.97% +13.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 17
10th Percentile £30.95 £13.85 £9.74
25th Percentile £57.50 £15.63 £11.36
Median hourly rate £60.00 £18.66 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +221.50% +49.30% -1.42%
75th Percentile £68.88 £32.39 £18.00
90th Percentile £81.55 £52.56 £28.50
North West median hourly rate £11.20 £34.05 £23.39
% change year-on-year -67.12% +45.55% +82.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,246 1,616 2,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.41% 90.58% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1,191 1,814
10th Percentile £325 £318 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 51 54
10th Percentile £12.46 £16.00 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.71 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £27.70 £18.31
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +51.30% +13.15%
75th Percentile £61.25 £43.13 £50.94
90th Percentile £73.30 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £26.46 £35.00 £22.75
% change year-on-year -24.41% +53.85% +30.34%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Manchester

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 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
Salford +3 1 £475 - 12
Stockport 0 1 £550 - 22
Bolton 0 1 £525 - 20
Oldham - 1 £400 - 4
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 £325 -
Problem-Solving
North West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.13%) CMS
2 3 (2.13%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.42%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.42%) Confluence
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.71%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.71%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.71%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.71%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.71%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.13%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (2.13%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.71%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.71%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.71%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.28%) Azure
2 26 (18.44%) AWS
3 10 (7.09%) Snowflake
4 9 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (5.67%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (4.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (4.26%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (4.26%) Amazon ELB
8 4 (2.84%) Serverless
9 3 (2.13%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.13%) Contentstack
9 3 (2.13%) GCP
9 3 (2.13%) OCI
9 3 (2.13%) PaaS
9 3 (2.13%) SaaS
10 2 (1.42%) GitHub
10 2 (1.42%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.09%) LAN
1 10 (7.09%) VPN
1 10 (7.09%) WAN
2 8 (5.67%) OSPF
3 7 (4.96%) Ethernet
3 7 (4.96%) Wireless
3 7 (4.96%) Wireless Security
4 6 (4.26%) Network Security
5 5 (3.55%) Firewall
6 4 (2.84%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.84%) VLAN
7 3 (2.13%) DHCP
7 3 (2.13%) DNS
7 3 (2.13%) Intranet
7 3 (2.13%) VoIP
7 3 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.42%) Internet
9 1 (0.71%) 2G
9 1 (0.71%) 3G
9 1 (0.71%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.80%) Data Lake
2 9 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.26%) DynamoDB
4 5 (3.55%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.55%) Snowflake Schema
4 5 (3.55%) Tableau
5 4 (2.84%) Power BI
6 3 (2.13%) MySQL
6 3 (2.13%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.13%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.42%) Big Data
7 2 (1.42%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.42%) Metadata
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.71%) OLAP
8 1 (0.71%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.71%) Presto
8 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (9.22%) Git
2 6 (4.26%) SonarQube
3 4 (2.84%) JIRA
4 3 (2.13%) GitLab
4 3 (2.13%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.42%) Appium
5 2 (1.42%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.42%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.42%) Selenium
6 1 (0.71%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.71%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.71%) MSI
6 1 (0.71%) Travis CI
General
1 87 (61.70%) Social Skills
2 40 (28.37%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.67%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.55%) Legal
4 5 (3.55%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.55%) Marketing
5 4 (2.84%) Banking
5 4 (2.84%) Finance
6 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.13%) Law
6 3 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.13%) Retail
7 2 (1.42%) Electronics
8 1 (0.71%) French Language
8 1 (0.71%) German Language
8 1 (0.71%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.71%) Military
8 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (19.15%) Service Desk Agent
2 19 (13.48%) Developer
3 16 (11.35%) Senior
4 14 (9.93%) Analyst
5 13 (9.22%) Consultant
6 10 (7.09%) Architect
7 8 (5.67%) AWS DevOps
7 8 (5.67%) Network Engineer
8 6 (4.26%) AWS Engineer
8 6 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (4.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 5 (3.55%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 5 (3.55%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.55%) Senior DevOps
10 4 (2.84%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 4 (2.84%) 2nd Line Support
10 4 (2.84%) Data Modeller
10 4 (2.84%) Designer
10 4 (2.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.26%) CSS
1 6 (4.26%) HTML
2 5 (3.55%) .NET
3 2 (1.42%) Node.js
3 2 (1.42%) PySpark
3 2 (1.42%) pytest
3 2 (1.42%) Spring
3 2 (1.42%) WebdriverIO
4 1 (0.71%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.71%) Django
4 1 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.71%) RESTful
4 1 (0.71%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.84%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (2.13%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.13%) Clustering
4 3 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.13%) NHS
5 2 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.42%) CMDB
5 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.42%) Derivative
5 2 (1.42%) Robotics
6 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.71%) PMI
6 1 (0.71%) Replication
6 1 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.93%) Windows
2 9 (6.38%) Linux
3 5 (3.55%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.13%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.71%) VMS
6 1 (0.71%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (24.82%) Customer Service
2 18 (12.77%) DevOps
3 16 (11.35%) Agile
4 15 (10.64%) CI/CD
5 11 (7.80%) Data Modelling
6 10 (7.09%) Design Patterns
6 10 (7.09%) Project Management
7 9 (6.38%) Containerisation
7 9 (6.38%) Data Integration
7 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (6.38%) Migration
8 8 (5.67%) Business Analysis
8 8 (5.67%) CRM
8 8 (5.67%) System Testing
8 8 (5.67%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (4.96%) Computer Science
9 7 (4.96%) ITIL
9 7 (4.96%) Mentoring
9 7 (4.96%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.31%) SQL
2 19 (13.48%) Python
3 11 (7.80%) Bash
4 10 (7.09%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.26%) Go
5 6 (4.26%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.55%) Java
7 3 (2.13%) C#
8 1 (0.71%) ABAP
8 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.71%) Bicep
8 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.71%) VB
8 1 (0.71%) X++
Qualifications
1 17 (12.06%) Degree
1 17 (12.06%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.51%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.09%) CCNA
3 10 (7.09%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.96%) AWS Certification
5 5 (3.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 4 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.71%) CCNP
8 1 (0.71%) CCSA
8 1 (0.71%) CISSP
8 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.71%) GIAC
8 1 (0.71%) MCSE
8 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.71%) PMP
8 1 (0.71%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (19.86%) SLA
2 11 (7.80%) QA
3 9 (6.38%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.13%) GDPR
5 3 (2.13%) IASME
5 3 (2.13%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.71%) COREP
6 1 (0.71%) GxP
6 1 (0.71%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (9.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (8.51%) Docker
3 10 (7.09%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.26%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.71%) Firmware
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.71%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (9.93%) Terraform
2 13 (9.22%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.96%) Ansible
4 6 (4.26%) HP Fortify
4 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.55%) SCCM
6 3 (2.13%) Autotask
6 3 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.42%) Nagios
7 2 (1.42%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.71%) Nessus
8 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 17 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.93%) VMware
3 9 (6.38%) SAP
4 8 (5.67%) Splunk
5 4 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.13%) Apple
6 3 (2.13%) Databricks
6 3 (2.13%) Datto
6 3 (2.13%) Oracle
6 3 (2.13%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.42%) Cisco
7 2 (1.42%) Perfecto Mobile
8 1 (0.71%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.71%) ForeScout
8 1 (0.71%) Google
8 1 (0.71%) Okta
8 1 (0.71%) Pega
8 1 (0.71%) Symantec
8 1 (0.71%) Teradata
8 1 (0.71%) WooCommerce