Problem-Solving Contracts in the East Midlands

Problem Solving
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 9 23
Rank change year-on-year +3 +14 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 114 129 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.43% 12.95% 6.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.12% 14.78% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 99 67
10th Percentile £254 £122 £194
25th Percentile £263 £291 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £420
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +15.07%
75th Percentile £565 £500 £500
90th Percentile £622 £613 £550
England median daily rate £506 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.66% -0.94% +11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 7
10th Percentile £11.45 £11.80 £9.07
25th Percentile £11.84 £12.60 £9.62
Median hourly rate £13.50 £20.65 £19.67
Median % change year-on-year -34.63% +5.02% +95.96%
75th Percentile £16.00 £25.44 £21.25
90th Percentile £19.98 £65.50 £27.90
England median hourly rate £16.23 £52.40 £23.54
% change year-on-year -69.03% +122.57% +30.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 666 873 1,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.45% 87.65% 82.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 680 863
10th Percentile £200 £213 £200
25th Percentile £291 £345 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +15.38%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £525
90th Percentile £623 £700 £606
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 50 72
10th Percentile £11.58 £13.11 £9.75
25th Percentile £12.75 £17.82 £14.61
Median hourly rate £17.00 £26.07 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.79% +30.35% +53.85%
75th Percentile £26.15 £51.50 £32.06
90th Percentile £44.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in the East Midlands

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Northamptonshire 0 38 £500 +42.86% 75
Nottinghamshire +9 27 £350 -20.00% 84
Leicestershire +8 27 £267 -46.60% 67
Derbyshire -6 17 £269 -4.78% 73
Lincolnshire +9 4 £738 +113.77% 47
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.75%) Adobe XD
2 2 (1.75%) InVision
2 2 (1.75%) Sketch
3 1 (0.88%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.88%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.88%) Maya
3 1 (0.88%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.88%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) SAP CO
1 4 (3.51%) SAP FI
1 4 (3.51%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.75%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.54%) Azure
2 14 (12.28%) AWS
2 14 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.89%) SaaS
4 8 (7.02%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.75%) Figma
6 2 (1.75%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.88%) GCP
7 1 (0.88%) IaaS
7 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.88%) PaaS
7 1 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.63%) WAN
1 3 (2.63%) Wireless
2 2 (1.75%) DHCP
2 2 (1.75%) DNS
2 2 (1.75%) Firewall
2 2 (1.75%) LAN
2 2 (1.75%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.88%) InfiniBand
3 1 (0.88%) LTE
3 1 (0.88%) SAN
3 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.88%) VPN
3 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.39%) SAP HANA
2 3 (2.63%) Power BI
3 2 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.88%) MySQL
4 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (7.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 29 (25.44%) Finance
3 28 (24.56%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.02%) Legal
6 6 (5.26%) Banking
7 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Automotive
8 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.75%) Marketing
9 2 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.88%) Games
10 1 (0.88%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Retail
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (14.04%) Architect
2 14 (12.28%) Developer
3 13 (11.40%) Analyst
4 11 (9.65%) Project Manager
5 10 (8.77%) IT Manager
6 9 (7.89%) Service Manager
7 8 (7.02%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (7.02%) IT Services Delivery Manager
7 8 (7.02%) IT Services Manager
7 8 (7.02%) SAP Developer
7 8 (7.02%) Service Delivery Manager
7 8 (7.02%) Test Manager
8 7 (6.14%) ForgeRock Architect
9 6 (5.26%) Support Engineer
10 5 (4.39%) Consultant
10 5 (4.39%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 5 (4.39%) PHP Developer
10 5 (4.39%) Production Manager
11 4 (3.51%) Business Analyst
11 4 (3.51%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.77%) OAuth
1 10 (8.77%) OpenID
1 10 (8.77%) SAML
2 7 (6.14%) LDAP
3 4 (3.51%) JSON
3 4 (3.51%) REST
3 4 (3.51%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (3.51%) SAP PI
4 3 (2.63%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.75%) Middleware
5 2 (1.75%) SOAP
5 2 (1.75%) Web Services
6 1 (0.88%) CSS
6 1 (0.88%) HTML
6 1 (0.88%) JMS
6 1 (0.88%) OpenMP
6 1 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.88%) RAML
6 1 (0.88%) RESTful
6 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (6.14%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.39%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.75%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) FMCG
7 1 (0.88%) NHS
7 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.28%) Windows
2 8 (7.02%) Apple iOS
3 7 (6.14%) Windows 10
4 5 (4.39%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.63%) Linux
5 3 (2.63%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.88%) AIX
6 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (22.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (21.93%) Decision-Making
3 24 (21.05%) Migration
3 24 (21.05%) Time Management
4 23 (20.18%) People Management
5 19 (16.67%) Conflict Management
5 19 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
6 18 (15.79%) Customer Service
7 14 (12.28%) Asset Management
8 12 (10.53%) Agile
9 11 (9.65%) Service Management
10 10 (8.77%) Business Analysis
10 10 (8.77%) Change Management
10 10 (8.77%) Project Management
10 10 (8.77%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (7.89%) Information Security
11 9 (7.89%) Performance Metrics
12 8 (7.02%) IT Governance
12 8 (7.02%) SDLC
12 8 (7.02%) Service Delivery Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.02%) ABAP
1 8 (7.02%) Swift
2 7 (6.14%) Java
3 6 (5.26%) PHP
3 6 (5.26%) SQL
4 3 (2.63%) BeanShell
5 2 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.75%) Python
5 2 (1.75%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.75%) X++
6 1 (0.88%) Bash
6 1 (0.88%) C#
6 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (17.54%) HNC
1 20 (17.54%) HND
2 13 (11.40%) Degree
2 13 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.75%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CBAP
6 1 (0.88%) CCNA
6 1 (0.88%) CISA
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CISM
6 1 (0.88%) CISSP
6 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.88%) ISEB
6 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.14%) QA
2 2 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.75%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.75%) GDPR
3 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.88%) NIST
3 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.88%) PMO
3 1 (0.88%) PSD2
System Software
1 10 (8.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.63%) OpenAM
2 3 (2.63%) OpenIDM
3 2 (1.75%) Docker
3 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.75%) XenApp
3 2 (1.75%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.88%) Firmware
4 1 (0.88%) Lustre
4 1 (0.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 7 (6.14%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.75%) SCOM
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.88%) PowerBroker
3 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 26 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.40%) SAP
3 10 (8.77%) ForgeRock
4 8 (7.02%) Okta
5 4 (3.51%) Citrix
6 3 (2.63%) Cisco
7 2 (1.75%) Adobe
7 2 (1.75%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.75%) VMware
8 1 (0.88%) Aruba
8 1 (0.88%) Brocade
8 1 (0.88%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.88%) Databricks
8 1 (0.88%) HP
8 1 (0.88%) Infor
8 1 (0.88%) Meraki
8 1 (0.88%) NetApp
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle
8 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.88%) Zuora