Problem-Solving Contracts in Cambridge

Problem Solving
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 9 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 28 27 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 14.58% 9.18% 8.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.00% 10.47% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 17
10th Percentile £337 £358 -
25th Percentile £525 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £694 £517 £600
90th Percentile £800 £528 £650
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £463 £319
% change year-on-year +18.92% +45.10% -32.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.58
25th Percentile - - £13.07
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £14.02
75th Percentile £42.50 - £14.84
90th Percentile £74.00 - £15.25
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.48 £13.66 £13.50
% change year-on-year +6.00% +1.19% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 175 258 273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 91.15% 87.76% 82.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 177 181
10th Percentile £235 £185 £313
25th Percentile £350 £300 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% +15.15%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £600 £595
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +4.44% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 15
10th Percentile £19.00 £17.12 £15.51
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £16.88
Median hourly rate £46.00 £20.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.39% -64.04% +153.33%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £74.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.45% +6.15% +1.19%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridge

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridge

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridge over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridge

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridge over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.57%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.57%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.57%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.57%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.57%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Tableau
2 2 (7.14%) Looker
2 2 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) JIRA
2 2 (7.14%) Git
2 2 (7.14%) Subversion
General
1 11 (39.29%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Local Government
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Architect
2 10 (35.71%) Software Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Data Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Data Scientist
4 2 (7.14%) Developer
4 2 (7.14%) SAP Architect
4 2 (7.14%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Verification Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Linux Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Process Mapping Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Product Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (35.71%) DirectX
1 10 (35.71%) OpenGL
1 10 (35.71%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (35.71%) Vulkan
2 2 (7.14%) JSON
2 2 (7.14%) YAML
3 1 (3.57%) FFmpeg
3 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (3.57%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (35.71%) Ray Tracing
2 3 (10.71%) Life Science
3 2 (7.14%) ASIC
3 2 (7.14%) FPGA
3 2 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (7.14%) Verilog
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Unix
3 1 (3.57%) Android
3 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.57%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Software Architecture
2 5 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (14.29%) Validation
3 4 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 3 (10.71%) Agile
4 3 (10.71%) Data Migration
4 3 (10.71%) Data Science
4 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
4 3 (10.71%) Migration
4 3 (10.71%) Project Management
4 3 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
5 2 (7.14%) Data Management
5 2 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (7.14%) Integration Testing
5 2 (7.14%) OO
5 2 (7.14%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (7.14%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) C++
2 10 (35.71%) C
3 5 (17.86%) Python
4 2 (7.14%) Assembly Language
4 2 (7.14%) Bash
4 2 (7.14%) R
4 2 (7.14%) Shell Script
4 2 (7.14%) SQL
4 2 (7.14%) SystemVerilog
4 2 (7.14%) Tcl
5 1 (3.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Degree
2 10 (35.71%) Master's Degree
2 10 (35.71%) PhD
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) GDPR
2 1 (3.57%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 4 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (7.14%) Cadence
2 2 (7.14%) Synopsys
2 2 (7.14%) Xilinx
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Salesforce