Problem-Solving Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Cambridgeshire

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 6 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 109 79 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 20.84% 14.34% 12.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.71% 16.16% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 35
10th Percentile £235 £216 £135
25th Percentile £525 £365 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% +8.82% +73.47%
75th Percentile £638 £517 £531
90th Percentile £800 £536 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 34 53
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.29 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.84 £13.66 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% +1.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £16.85 £13.91 £14.75
90th Percentile - - £15.75
East of England median hourly rate £15.00 £25.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +85.19% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 424 489 751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 81.07% 88.75% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 260 382
10th Percentile £202 £200 £210
25th Percentile £350 £313 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -2.70% +12.12%
75th Percentile £563 £531 £538
90th Percentile £693 £602 £640
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 145 237
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.34 -
25th Percentile £14.48 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.68 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -3.13%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Peterborough +1 79 £200 -38.46% 25
Cambridge +7 28 £550 +15.79% 79
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (1.83%) Confluence
1 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.92%) IIS
2 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 63 (57.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (52.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.92%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.92%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.92%) SAP SD
1 1 (0.92%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.84%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.92%) Azure
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (0.92%) OCI
2 1 (0.92%) OneDrive
2 1 (0.92%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.93%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.83%) Looker
1 2 (1.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.59%) JIRA
2 3 (2.75%) Git
2 3 (2.75%) Subversion
General
1 54 (49.54%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.01%) German Language
3 10 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.50%) Hungarian Language
5 5 (4.59%) Lithuanian Language
6 4 (3.67%) Dutch Language
6 4 (3.67%) Finance
7 3 (2.75%) Local Government
7 3 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.83%) Automotive
8 2 (1.83%) Military
8 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.92%) Retail
9 1 (0.92%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (37.61%) Analyst
1 41 (37.61%) Service Analyst
2 28 (25.69%) Service Desk Analyst
3 24 (22.02%) Customer Analyst
3 24 (22.02%) Customer Service Analyst
4 13 (11.93%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 13 (11.93%) Architect
5 11 (10.09%) Call Centre Analyst
6 10 (9.17%) Software Architect
7 6 (5.50%) Administrator
8 5 (4.59%) Customer Service Administrator
9 4 (3.67%) Senior
9 4 (3.67%) Verification Engineer
10 3 (2.75%) Data Manager
10 3 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.83%) Consultant
11 2 (1.83%) Developer
11 2 (1.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 2 (1.83%) SAP Consultant
11 2 (1.83%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.17%) DirectX
1 10 (9.17%) OpenGL
1 10 (9.17%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (9.17%) Vulkan
2 4 (3.67%) JSON
2 4 (3.67%) YAML
3 1 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.17%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (9.17%) Ray Tracing
2 4 (3.67%) ASIC
2 4 (3.67%) FPGA
2 4 (3.67%) Verilog
3 3 (2.75%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.83%) Life Science
5 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.92%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.42%) Windows
2 4 (3.67%) Linux
2 4 (3.67%) Unix
3 1 (0.92%) Android
3 1 (0.92%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.92%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.92%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (70.64%) Customer Service
2 71 (65.14%) Mathematics
3 69 (63.30%) Incident Management
3 69 (63.30%) Service Delivery
4 28 (25.69%) ITIL
5 14 (12.84%) Problem Management
6 10 (9.17%) Software Architecture
7 6 (5.50%) Validation
8 5 (4.59%) Software Testing
9 4 (3.67%) Computer Science
9 4 (3.67%) Migration
9 4 (3.67%) Project Management
9 4 (3.67%) Requirements Gathering
10 3 (2.75%) Analytics
10 3 (2.75%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (2.75%) Knowledge Transfer
10 3 (2.75%) OO
10 3 (2.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (2.75%) Time Management
10 3 (2.75%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.84%) C
2 12 (11.01%) C++
3 7 (6.42%) Python
4 4 (3.67%) Bash
4 4 (3.67%) SQL
4 4 (3.67%) SystemVerilog
4 4 (3.67%) Tcl
5 3 (2.75%) Assembly Language
5 3 (2.75%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.83%) R
6 2 (1.83%) VB
7 1 (0.92%) C#
7 1 (0.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (15.60%) Degree
2 15 (13.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (12.84%) MCP
4 13 (11.93%) A+ Certification
4 13 (11.93%) MCSA
5 10 (9.17%) Master's Degree
5 10 (9.17%) PhD
6 3 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.59%) SLA
2 3 (2.75%) GDPR
3 1 (0.92%) IFRS
System Software
1 15 (13.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (63.30%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.68%) Citrix
3 13 (11.93%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.67%) SAP
5 3 (2.75%) Cadence
5 3 (2.75%) Cisco
5 3 (2.75%) NetApp
5 3 (2.75%) Synopsys
5 3 (2.75%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.83%) Siemens
7 1 (0.92%) Oracle
7 1 (0.92%) Salesforce