Problem Solving
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 10 | 18 | 26 |
Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +8 | 0 |
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving | 4,621 | 4,969 | 6,458 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.86% | 8.67% | 7.36% |
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 12.61% | 9.66% | 8.12% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 2,814 | 3,120 | 3,959 |
10th Percentile | £250 | £265 | £288 |
25th Percentile | £388 | £413 | £413 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £502 | £525 | £525 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.38% | - | +16.67% |
75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £638 |
90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £485 | £500 | £461 |
% change year-on-year | -3.00% | +8.40% | +8.53% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 417 | 261 | 276 |
10th Percentile | £11.07 | £13.29 | £11.63 |
25th Percentile | £13.86 | £16.25 | £13.41 |
Median hourly rate | £16.50 | £50.00 | £25.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -67.00% | +100.00% | +25.31% |
75th Percentile | £35.00 | £64.25 | £48.75 |
90th Percentile | £61.60 | £75.00 | £58.75 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £15.00 | £49.20 | £18.70 |
% change year-on-year | -69.51% | +163.10% | +3.89% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,644 | 51,414 | 79,489 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.11% | 89.76% | 90.61% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 23,629 | 35,622 | 55,798 |
10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £344 |
25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £430 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +7.07% |
75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £480 |
% change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | +9.09% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,441 | 1,693 | 1,893 |
10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.99 | £15.50 |
Median hourly rate | £36.05 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
Median % change year-on-year | +0.13% | +40.19% | +7.00% |
75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.52 |
90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
% change year-on-year | +7.14% | +75.00% | -5.27% |
Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving.
Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
Problem-Solving
Top 18 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 19 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 |
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England | +7 | 3,935 | £513 | -2.38% | 6,112 |
UK excluding London | +6 | 2,334 | £485 | -3.00% | 4,621 |
London | +4 | 1,776 | £550 | -4.35% | 1,976 |
Work from Home | +5 | 1,473 | £500 | -7.41% | 2,172 |
South East | +1 | 601 | £475 | -8.65% | 1,239 |
North of England | +9 | 575 | £490 | -2.00% | 1,130 |
South West | +20 | 331 | £500 | -9.09% | 540 |
Midlands | -2 | 296 | £475 | - | 883 |
North West | +9 | 292 | £493 | +3.79% | 611 |
Yorkshire | +8 | 246 | £475 | -13.64% | 396 |
East of England | +4 | 238 | £500 | +11.11% | 546 |
Scotland | +11 | 219 | £475 | - | 287 |
West Midlands | -2 | 191 | £500 | - | 541 |
East Midlands | +4 | 101 | £350 | - | 343 |
Wales | +4 | 58 | £425 | -15.00% | 129 |
North East | +26 | 39 | £550 | +76.42% | 138 |
Northern Ireland | +1 | 21 | £435 | +82.20% | 53 |
Isle of Man | - | 2 | £388 | - | 4 |
Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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