Problem-Solving Contracts with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 15 19 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,443 1,983 2,944
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.84% 8.31% 6.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.26% 9.27% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 983 1,338 2,032
10th Percentile £301 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 76 48
10th Percentile £11.00 £21.00 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £39.45 £13.06
Median hourly rate £22.56 £65.00 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -65.29% +229.11% +9.72%
75th Percentile £50.00 £75.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £82.00 £90.00 £55.93
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £52.50 £23.39
% change year-on-year -69.09% +124.45% +24.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Problem-Solving daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Problem-Solving hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 39 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.56%) Confluence
3 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.97%) CMS
5 11 (0.76%) SAS
6 7 (0.49%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.35%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.35%) WordPress
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.28%) Appian
9 4 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.28%) Luigi
9 4 (0.28%) nginx
9 4 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.28%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.21%) Apache
10 3 (0.21%) IBM HTTP Server
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.21%) Maya
8 3 (0.21%) Sketch
8 3 (0.21%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.14%) InDesign
9 2 (0.14%) ZBrush
10 1 (0.069%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.069%) Elementor
10 1 (0.069%) Revit
10 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 27 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.90%) Oracle EBS R12
4 12 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.69%) SAP HR
6 9 (0.62%) SAP HCM
7 8 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.49%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.35%) Endur
10 5 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
10 5 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
10 5 (0.35%) SAP SD
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle 11i
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
12 3 (0.21%) Orchestrade
12 3 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 272 (18.85%) Azure
2 172 (11.92%) AWS
3 101 (7.00%) Power Platform
4 72 (4.99%) GCP
5 68 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
8 38 (2.63%) PowerApps
9 30 (2.08%) GitHub
10 28 (1.94%) SaaS
11 26 (1.80%) Entra ID
11 26 (1.80%) Power Automate
12 22 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (1.32%) Serverless
14 16 (1.11%) PaaS
15 13 (0.90%) Amazon S3
15 13 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
16 12 (0.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 63 (4.37%) Firewall
2 34 (2.36%) DNS
3 32 (2.22%) VPN
4 28 (1.94%) Network Security
5 25 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 21 (1.46%) Internet
7 21 (1.46%) WAN
8 20 (1.39%) DHCP
8 20 (1.39%) HTTP
9 14 (0.97%) Wireless
10 13 (0.90%) LAN
11 11 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
12 9 (0.62%) BGP
12 9 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.62%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (0.55%) OSPF
13 8 (0.55%) SSL
13 8 (0.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (5.82%) SQL Server
2 78 (5.41%) Power BI
3 44 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (2.49%) Relational Database
6 31 (2.15%) MongoDB
7 29 (2.01%) MySQL
8 22 (1.52%) Oracle Database
9 16 (1.11%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.11%) Tableau
10 15 (1.04%) Big Data
10 15 (1.04%) Metadata
11 14 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.97%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (0.69%) Power Query
14 9 (0.62%) GIS
14 9 (0.62%) QlikView
15 8 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 88 (6.10%) JIRA
2 79 (5.47%) Git
3 39 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 32 (2.22%) GitLab
5 21 (1.46%) Selenium
6 15 (1.04%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.97%) Visual Studio
8 12 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
9 11 (0.76%) JMeter
10 9 (0.62%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.55%) LoadRunner
11 8 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
11 8 (0.55%) PVCS
11 8 (0.55%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.42%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.42%) MLflow
14 5 (0.35%) Appium
14 5 (0.35%) Artifactory
14 5 (0.35%) WiX
General
1 824 (57.10%) Social Skills
2 603 (41.79%) Analytical Skills
3 297 (20.58%) Finance
4 89 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 85 (5.89%) Banking
6 57 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
7 54 (3.74%) Marketing
8 47 (3.26%) Telecoms
9 41 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.49%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.29%) Retail
12 31 (2.15%) Legal
13 30 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (2.01%) Front Office
15 24 (1.66%) Law
16 22 (1.52%) Investment Banking
17 20 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.11%) Police
19 14 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (16.08%) Developer
2 175 (12.13%) Analyst
3 145 (10.05%) Senior
4 130 (9.01%) Architect
5 120 (8.32%) Consultant
6 88 (6.10%) Project Manager
7 64 (4.44%) Business Analyst
7 64 (4.44%) Lead
8 45 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
9 41 (2.84%) Data Engineer
10 40 (2.77%) Software Engineer
11 37 (2.56%) DevOps Engineer
12 30 (2.08%) Support Engineer
13 28 (1.94%) Senior Developer
14 27 (1.87%) Data Analyst
15 26 (1.80%) Administrator
16 25 (1.73%) .NET Developer
17 24 (1.66%) Network Engineer
18 22 (1.52%) DBA
18 22 (1.52%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.71%) CSS
2 67 (4.64%) HTML
3 64 (4.44%) .NET
4 61 (4.23%) React
5 51 (3.53%) RESTful
6 43 (2.98%) REST
7 33 (2.29%) Kafka
7 33 (2.29%) Web Services
8 31 (2.15%) JSON
9 30 (2.08%) XML
10 25 (1.73%) AngularJS
11 20 (1.39%) .NET Framework
11 20 (1.39%) Middleware
12 19 (1.32%) Node.js
13 17 (1.18%) YAML
14 15 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
14 15 (1.04%) Spring
15 14 (0.97%) ASP.NET
16 12 (0.83%) Entity Framework
16 12 (0.83%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 71 (4.92%) Management Information System
2 66 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (2.84%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 33 (2.29%) Virtual Team
6 31 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 31 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 26 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
8 24 (1.66%) Onboarding
9 22 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.25%) Mobile App
11 17 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.97%) Cloud Native
13 14 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.83%) CMDB
15 12 (0.83%) Derivative
16 11 (0.76%) Security Posture
17 10 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.69%) Windows
2 97 (6.72%) Linux
3 26 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.59%) Unix
5 18 (1.25%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.18%) Android
7 13 (0.90%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.49%) AIX
9 6 (0.42%) CentOS
9 6 (0.42%) VMS
9 6 (0.42%) zOS
10 5 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (0.35%) Solaris
10 5 (0.35%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (24.39%) Agile
2 196 (13.58%) Project Management
3 187 (12.96%) DevOps
4 167 (11.57%) Computer Science
5 141 (9.77%) Migration
6 132 (9.15%) CI/CD
7 131 (9.08%) Decision-Making
8 126 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 109 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 108 (7.48%) Analytics
11 106 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
12 87 (6.03%) Roadmaps
13 86 (5.96%) Data Modelling
13 86 (5.96%) ITIL
14 84 (5.82%) Mentoring
14 84 (5.82%) Scrum
15 78 (5.41%) Microservices
16 77 (5.34%) Data Analysis
16 77 (5.34%) User Experience
17 74 (5.13%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 196 (13.58%) SQL
2 171 (11.85%) Python
3 116 (8.04%) JavaScript
4 109 (7.55%) Java
5 78 (5.41%) C#
6 60 (4.16%) PowerShell
7 43 (2.98%) C++
8 39 (2.70%) TypeScript
9 37 (2.56%) Bash
10 36 (2.49%) PL/SQL
11 27 (1.87%) Shell Script
12 26 (1.80%) C
13 25 (1.73%) Scala
14 22 (1.52%) Go
15 19 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 14 (0.97%) Bicep
16 14 (0.97%) PHP
17 12 (0.83%) Perl
18 10 (0.69%) VB.NET
19 9 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 283 (19.61%) Degree
2 179 (12.40%) Security Cleared
3 136 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 121 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (3.53%) Master's Degree
6 37 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 30 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (1.52%) CISSP
9 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.52%) PMP
10 20 (1.39%) CCNP
11 17 (1.18%) CISM
11 17 (1.18%) PMI Certification
12 16 (1.11%) ISTQB
13 15 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 14 (0.97%) Azure Certification
14 14 (0.97%) CCNA
14 14 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 12 (0.83%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.44%) QA
2 61 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 38 (2.63%) GDPR
4 31 (2.15%) SLA
5 19 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.32%) NIST
6 18 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.69%) PMO
8 9 (0.62%) HIPAA
9 8 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
10 5 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.35%) NCSC
11 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.28%) CDISC
11 4 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
11 4 (0.28%) MiFID
12 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.21%) GPG13
12 3 (0.21%) P3O
12 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (5.34%) Docker
2 64 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.76%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 10 (0.69%) vSphere
6 9 (0.62%) Firmware
7 8 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.35%) KVM
9 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.21%) XenApp
10 3 (0.21%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.069%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.069%) OpenIDM
12 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (6.72%) Kubernetes
2 70 (4.85%) Terraform
3 41 (2.84%) Ansible
4 24 (1.66%) Grafana
5 23 (1.59%) SCCM
6 22 (1.52%) Prometheus
7 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (0.97%) Puppet
9 13 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.76%) Consul
10 11 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
10 11 (0.76%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.55%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.55%) Podman
11 8 (0.55%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.35%) Nessus
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 227 (15.73%) Microsoft
2 103 (7.14%) Oracle
3 63 (4.37%) SAP
4 45 (3.12%) Google
5 43 (2.98%) ServiceNow
6 35 (2.43%) VMware
7 31 (2.15%) Cisco
8 29 (2.01%) Salesforce
9 27 (1.87%) Databricks
10 19 (1.32%) Adobe
10 19 (1.32%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.04%) Splunk
12 14 (0.97%) Dell
12 14 (0.97%) IBM
13 13 (0.90%) Juniper
14 12 (0.83%) Ariba
15 11 (0.76%) Apple
15 11 (0.76%) Informatica
15 11 (0.76%) SaltStack
16 10 (0.69%) CheckPoint