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

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 12 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 247 213 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 14.82% 9.59% 7.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.21% 10.54% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 107 116
10th Percentile £196 £398 £216
25th Percentile £320 £483 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +29.41% -
75th Percentile £556 £616 £531
90th Percentile £625 £670 £550
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 18
10th Percentile £11.75 £16.80 £10.11
25th Percentile £15.00 £25.50 £11.31
Median hourly rate £16.25 £40.00 £17.43
Median % change year-on-year -59.38% +129.56% +19.64%
75th Percentile £20.24 £55.00 £18.70
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.00 £28.90
England median hourly rate £17.00 £50.00 £23.39
% change year-on-year -66.00% +113.77% +17.24%

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 1,435 2,021 2,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.08% 91.00% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 1,338 1,770
10th Percentile £275 £275 £260
25th Percentile £400 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +8.25% +10.86%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £556
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 63 81
10th Percentile £11.30 - £10.63
25th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -40.94% -9.74%
75th Percentile £22.00 £20.97 £22.75
90th Percentile £53.75 £55.23 £27.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +8 168 £490 -10.91% 192
South Yorkshire +13 57 £490 -6.67% 97
North Yorkshire +6 16 £130 -75.93% 50
East Yorkshire +4 5 £500 +6.38% 18
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 10 (4.05%) Confluence
2 5 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.62%) WordPress
4 3 (1.21%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.21%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.21%) nginx
5 2 (0.81%) Apache
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.40%) CICS
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (9.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.21%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.21%) Blender
4 3 (1.21%) Maya
4 3 (1.21%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.83%) SAP PM
3 5 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.81%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.12%) GCP
2 23 (9.31%) Azure
3 22 (8.91%) AWS
4 15 (6.07%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (4.45%) GitHub
7 9 (3.64%) Kong
8 8 (3.24%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.43%) Apigee
9 6 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.62%) MailChimp
12 3 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.21%) CloudBees
12 3 (1.21%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (1.21%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.81%) AWS Data Pipeline
13 2 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.81%) OCI
13 2 (0.81%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.10%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (7.29%) Firewall
3 17 (6.88%) LAN
4 12 (4.86%) DNS
4 12 (4.86%) WAN
5 9 (3.64%) HTTP
5 9 (3.64%) SSL
5 9 (3.64%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.64%) VPN
6 5 (2.02%) Internet
6 5 (2.02%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (2.02%) SAN
7 3 (1.21%) BIG-IP
7 3 (1.21%) DHCP
7 3 (1.21%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (1.21%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.40%) Broadband
8 1 (0.40%) PSTN
8 1 (0.40%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.07%) Power BI
2 9 (3.64%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.83%) NoSQL
3 7 (2.83%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.62%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.62%) Tableau
5 3 (1.21%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.21%) Bigtable
5 3 (1.21%) ClickHouse
5 3 (1.21%) Cloud Spanner
5 3 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.21%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.21%) GIS
5 3 (1.21%) 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%) Metadata
6 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (8.50%) Git
2 16 (6.48%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.26%) JIRA
4 9 (3.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 9 (3.64%) CircleCI
4 9 (3.64%) GitLab
4 9 (3.64%) Travis CI
5 3 (1.21%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.21%) JMeter
5 3 (1.21%) XCUITest
6 2 (0.81%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.40%) Postman
7 1 (0.40%) TestRail
7 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 143 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 96 (38.87%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (12.55%) Finance
4 20 (8.10%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (4.45%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.64%) Banking
8 3 (1.21%) Games
8 3 (1.21%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.21%) Marketing
9 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.40%) Billing
10 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.40%) Legal
10 1 (0.40%) Police
10 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (14.57%) Service Desk Agent
2 34 (13.77%) Analyst
3 31 (12.55%) Developer
4 25 (10.12%) Business Analyst
5 21 (8.50%) Lead
6 11 (4.45%) Consultant
6 11 (4.45%) IT Engineer
7 10 (4.05%) Senior
8 9 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
8 9 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (3.64%) ServiceNow Developer
9 8 (3.24%) Network Engineer
10 7 (2.83%) DevOps Automation Engineer
10 7 (2.83%) SAP Analyst
10 7 (2.83%) SAP Business Analyst
10 7 (2.83%) Tester
11 6 (2.43%) Architect
11 6 (2.43%) Automation Tester
11 6 (2.43%) IT Support
11 6 (2.43%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.45%) JSON
1 11 (4.45%) Kafka
2 9 (3.64%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (3.64%) XML
2 9 (3.64%) YAML
3 6 (2.43%) ActiveMQ
4 5 (2.02%) .NET
4 5 (2.02%) CSS
4 5 (2.02%) Swagger
4 5 (2.02%) Web Services
5 4 (1.62%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.62%) FastAPI
5 4 (1.62%) GraphQL
5 4 (1.62%) gRPC
5 4 (1.62%) HTML
5 4 (1.62%) JWT
5 4 (1.62%) LDAP
5 4 (1.62%) OAuth
5 4 (1.62%) OpenAPI
5 4 (1.62%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.45%) Algorithms
2 9 (3.64%) Data Structures
2 9 (3.64%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.83%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.43%) NHS
6 5 (2.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.62%) CMDB
7 4 (1.62%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.62%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.21%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.21%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.21%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.21%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.21%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.81%) iPhone
9 2 (0.81%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.12%) Windows
2 10 (4.05%) Windows 10
3 9 (3.64%) Android
3 9 (3.64%) Linux
4 6 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.02%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.21%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.21%) zOS
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (24.29%) Agile
2 48 (19.43%) Customer Service
3 40 (16.19%) Project Management
4 39 (15.79%) DevOps
5 38 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 31 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (10.12%) Service Delivery
8 23 (9.31%) Containerisation
8 23 (9.31%) ITIL
8 23 (9.31%) Scrum
8 23 (9.31%) User Stories
9 22 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (8.91%) Test Automation
10 19 (7.69%) Business Analysis
10 19 (7.69%) ITSM
10 19 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
11 18 (7.29%) Break/Fix
11 18 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (7.29%) Data Modelling
11 18 (7.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.57%) Python
2 20 (8.10%) JavaScript
3 16 (6.48%) PowerShell
4 15 (6.07%) Java
5 12 (4.86%) Bash
6 10 (4.05%) SQL
7 8 (3.24%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.02%) C#
8 5 (2.02%) Scala
9 4 (1.62%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.62%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.62%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.62%) VB.NET
9 4 (1.62%) VBA
10 3 (1.21%) ActionScript
10 3 (1.21%) Go
10 3 (1.21%) Groovy
10 3 (1.21%) Ruby
11 2 (0.81%) ABAP
11 2 (0.81%) JCL
Qualifications
1 27 (10.93%) Degree
2 9 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.83%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.43%) CCNA
4 6 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.43%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (2.43%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (1.62%) A+ Certification
5 4 (1.62%) CBAP
5 4 (1.62%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.62%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.40%) CCSA
8 1 (0.40%) CCSE
8 1 (0.40%) CISM
8 1 (0.40%) Dell Certification
8 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.72%) QA
2 21 (8.50%) SLA
3 7 (2.83%) GDPR
4 6 (2.43%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.62%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.40%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) HL7
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (9.31%) Docker
2 9 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.62%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (1.21%) KVM
4 3 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.21%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.81%) HDFS
5 2 (0.81%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.40%) ACF2
6 1 (0.40%) RACF
Systems Management
1 22 (8.91%) Ansible
1 22 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.26%) Puppet
2 13 (5.26%) Terraform
3 12 (4.86%) Grafana
4 9 (3.64%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (3.64%) Kibana
4 9 (3.64%) logstash
4 9 (3.64%) Progress Chef
4 9 (3.64%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.21%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.81%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.40%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 55 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.69%) SAP
3 18 (7.29%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.26%) Citrix
5 12 (4.86%) Cisco
6 11 (4.45%) 3Com
6 11 (4.45%) Aruba
6 11 (4.45%) Brocade
6 11 (4.45%) Juniper
6 11 (4.45%) Meraki
7 10 (4.05%) Google
8 9 (3.64%) Splunk
8 9 (3.64%) VMware
9 8 (3.24%) IBM
10 6 (2.43%) Solace
11 4 (1.62%) Hootsuite
11 4 (1.62%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.21%) Brio
12 3 (1.21%) ESRI
12 3 (1.21%) F5