Problem-Solving Contracts in Birmingham

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 78 121 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.18% 13.47% 8.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.19% 15.28% 9.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 67 83
10th Percentile £200 £263 £156
25th Percentile £352 £344 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +14.86%
75th Percentile £538 £644 £590
90th Percentile £600 £731 £695
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile - £10.96 -
25th Percentile - £13.03 £13.75
Median hourly rate £56.25 £18.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +204.14% +27.55% -19.44%
75th Percentile - £22.56 £15.25
90th Percentile - £47.36 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £42.00 £18.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +127.09% +19.32% -13.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 640 792 1,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.55% 88.20% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 532 879
10th Percentile £248 £264 £213
25th Percentile £363 £395 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +7.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +17.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 23
10th Percentile £13.20 £11.00 £12.10
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £13.88
Median hourly rate £27.25 £15.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +81.67% -14.19% -2.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £26.50 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £71.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (2.56%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Odoo
2 3 (3.85%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.28%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.26%) Azure
3 6 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.56%) PaaS
4 2 (2.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.28%) AWS
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.28%) Boomi
5 1 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.28%) IaaS
5 1 (1.28%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.38%) Network Security
2 6 (7.69%) Firewall
3 4 (5.13%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (5.13%) WAN
4 3 (3.85%) LAN
4 3 (3.85%) VLAN
4 3 (3.85%) VoIP
4 3 (3.85%) VPN
4 3 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.28%) Internet
5 1 (1.28%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Power BI
2 4 (5.13%) GIS
2 4 (5.13%) QGIS
3 3 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.85%) Tableau
4 2 (2.56%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.56%) Power Query
5 1 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.28%) Big Data
5 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.28%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.28%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.28%) Presto
5 1 (1.28%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Jenkins
1 3 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Ant
2 1 (1.28%) Gradle
2 1 (1.28%) JUnit
2 1 (1.28%) Maven
2 1 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
General
1 50 (64.10%) Social Skills
2 36 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (23.08%) Finance
4 14 (17.95%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (12.82%) Public Sector
6 7 (8.97%) Banking
7 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.28%) Aeronautics
9 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.28%) Billing
9 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (15.38%) Developer
2 10 (12.82%) Analyst
2 10 (12.82%) Project Manager
3 9 (11.54%) Senior
4 6 (7.69%) AML Project Manager
4 6 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (5.13%) Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Business Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) Java Developer
6 4 (5.13%) Network Manager
6 4 (5.13%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 3 (3.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) Lead
7 3 (3.85%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) React
1 4 (5.13%) Spring
2 3 (3.85%) .NET
2 3 (3.85%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.56%) CSS
3 2 (2.56%) HTML
3 2 (2.56%) JSON
3 2 (2.56%) Regular Expression
3 2 (2.56%) Web Services
3 2 (2.56%) XML
4 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (1.28%) Blazor
4 1 (1.28%) Middleware
4 1 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.10%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (11.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.13%) Clustering
4 4 (5.13%) PACS
5 3 (3.85%) CCTV
5 3 (3.85%) CMDB
5 3 (3.85%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.56%) Taxonomies
6 2 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.28%) EPoS
7 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.28%) PKI
7 1 (1.28%) Replication
7 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.97%) Windows
2 4 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.85%) Linux
3 3 (3.85%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.85%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.67%) Project Management
2 12 (15.38%) Decision-Making
3 11 (14.10%) Agile
4 8 (10.26%) ITIL
5 7 (8.97%) Computer Science
6 6 (7.69%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (7.69%) KYC
6 6 (7.69%) Roadmaps
6 6 (7.69%) Visualisation
7 5 (6.41%) Analytics
7 5 (6.41%) CI/CD
7 5 (6.41%) ERP
7 5 (6.41%) Project Delivery
7 5 (6.41%) TDD
7 5 (6.41%) Time Management
8 4 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (5.13%) Network Design
8 4 (5.13%) Software Engineering
8 4 (5.13%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.26%) Python
2 6 (7.69%) SQL
3 5 (6.41%) Java
4 4 (5.13%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.85%) C#
5 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.28%) C
7 1 (1.28%) C++
7 1 (1.28%) Scala
7 1 (1.28%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.28%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.28%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (14.10%) Degree
2 8 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.13%) CCIE
3 4 (5.13%) CCNP
3 4 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.13%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.56%) BC Cleared
4 2 (2.56%) CASP
4 2 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.56%) GCED
4 2 (2.56%) GIAC
4 2 (2.56%) GSEC
4 2 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.28%) ACCA
5 1 (1.28%) CIMA
5 1 (1.28%) CIPD
5 1 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.85%) QA
2 2 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.28%) PMO
3 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.13%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.85%) Autotask
2 3 (3.85%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (3.85%) SCCM
3 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.13%) Ericsson
2 4 (5.13%) ESRI
2 4 (5.13%) Greenplum
2 4 (5.13%) Mapinfo
2 4 (5.13%) Pega
3 3 (3.85%) Apple
3 3 (3.85%) Datto
3 3 (3.85%) VMware
4 2 (2.56%) Cisco
4 2 (2.56%) Citrix
4 2 (2.56%) LogRhythm
4 2 (2.56%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.56%) SAP
4 2 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.56%) TippingPoint
4 2 (2.56%) Trend Micro
5 1 (1.28%) IBM
5 1 (1.28%) Splunk