Problem-Solving Contracts in Northern Ireland

Problem Solving
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 8 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +21
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 24 23 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 15.29% 12.50% 13.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% 16.67% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 10
10th Percentile £316 £156 £160
25th Percentile £377 £167 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £239 £375
Median % change year-on-year +82.20% -36.33% -20.47%
75th Percentile £544 £363 £475
90th Percentile £569 £427 £542
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 5
10th Percentile £12.25 - -
25th Percentile £13.10 £15.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.10 £16.00 £10.22
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +56.56% -
75th Percentile £29.89 £17.39 £11.35
90th Percentile £32.94 £18.01 £11.36
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £51.50 £23.70
% change year-on-year -68.49% +117.35% +28.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 120 138 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 76.43% 75.00% 87.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 71 93
10th Percentile £182 £165 £149
25th Percentile £366 £291 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £445
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.30% +4.95%
75th Percentile £625 £508 £500
90th Percentile £675 £638 £560
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 15
10th Percentile - £13.78 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.26
Median hourly rate £15.63 £15.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +24.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £23.74 £16.50 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £17.60 -
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Northern Ireland

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
County Antrim +2 20 £435 +82.20% 33
County Down - 1 - -
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Adobe XD
2 2 (8.33%) InVision
2 2 (8.33%) Sketch
3 1 (4.17%) InfoPath
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Revit
3 1 (4.17%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Figma
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) BIG-IP
1 3 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 3 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 3 (12.50%) Internet
2 2 (8.33%) SSL
3 1 (4.17%) FTP
3 1 (4.17%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) Tableau
General
1 19 (79.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Finance
3 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Banking
5 4 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Electronics
6 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (12.50%) Law
6 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
7 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Marketing
8 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
1 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Deployment Assistant
3 2 (8.33%) Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Banking Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Data Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Designer
3 2 (8.33%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.33%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Service Desk Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Service Manager
3 2 (8.33%) UX Designer
4 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (4.17%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) COM
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
1 1 (4.17%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 3 (12.50%) Smartphone
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.33%) FPGA
2 2 (8.33%) Housing Association
2 2 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Android
1 3 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
1 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
2 4 (16.67%) Agile
2 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (12.50%) Co-Creation
3 3 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 3 (12.50%) Fintech
3 3 (12.50%) High Availability
3 3 (12.50%) Project Management
3 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (12.50%) User Experience
3 3 (12.50%) UX Design
3 3 (12.50%) UX Research
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (8.33%) Change Management
4 2 (8.33%) Mechatronics
4 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.50%) Master's Degree
4 2 (8.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (8.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Apple
2 3 (12.50%) CA
2 3 (12.50%) F5
3 2 (8.33%) Aruba
3 2 (8.33%) EMC
4 1 (4.17%) Autodesk
4 1 (4.17%) Qualtrics
4 1 (4.17%) SAP