Problem-Solving Contracts in Cardiff

Problem Solving
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 6 17 35
Rank change year-on-year +11 +18 -13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 34 29 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 15.96% 8.63% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.99% 9.83% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 23 14
10th Percentile - £161 £232
25th Percentile £143 £260 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £449
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +0.28% +8.79%
75th Percentile £526 £563 £517
90th Percentile £588 £618 £730
South Wales median daily rate £504 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.05% +10.53% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £15.50
75th Percentile £15.25 - £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £13.50 £20.47 £15.50
% change year-on-year -34.05% +32.06% -6.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 162 295 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 76.06% 87.80% 81.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 234 327
10th Percentile £190 £201 £257
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £463
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -1.62% +15.63%
75th Percentile £553 £574 £538
90th Percentile £644 £629 £643
South Wales median daily rate £500 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.81% +8.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.45
25th Percentile £14.88 £13.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.45 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.46% -12.29% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.88 £23.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £46.60 £24.50 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £23.75
% change year-on-year +25.03% -23.62% +15.85%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cardiff

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cardiff

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cardiff

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cardiff

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.94%) Confluence
2 1 (2.94%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.94%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) SAP HCM
1 2 (5.88%) SAP HR
1 2 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 18 (52.94%) Azure
2 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 3 (8.82%) GitHub
4 2 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) Firewall
2 2 (5.88%) LAN
2 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.88%) VPN
2 2 (5.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) MySQL
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle ODI
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Database
2 2 (5.88%) PowerCenter
2 2 (5.88%) RDBMS
2 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.94%) Power BI
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) JIRA
General
1 27 (79.41%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (11.76%) Finance
5 2 (5.88%) Digital Economy
5 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) IT Engineer
2 9 (26.47%) IT Support
2 9 (26.47%) IT Support Engineer
2 9 (26.47%) Support Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Project Manager
4 6 (17.65%) DBA
5 5 (14.71%) Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) Oracle DBA
7 3 (8.82%) Administrator
7 3 (8.82%) Field Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Software Project Manager
8 2 (5.88%) Agile Project Manager
8 2 (5.88%) Database Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Desktop Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Development Project Manager
8 2 (5.88%) SAP Architect
8 2 (5.88%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.88%) Software Development Manager
8 2 (5.88%) Software Development Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.88%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) NHS
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Linux
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) AIX
3 2 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Agile
2 9 (26.47%) Project Management
3 6 (17.65%) Scrum
4 5 (14.71%) Project Governance
4 5 (14.71%) SDLC
5 4 (11.76%) DevOps
5 4 (11.76%) E-business
5 4 (11.76%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (11.76%) Kanban
5 4 (11.76%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.82%) Customer Service
6 3 (8.82%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.82%) Migration
6 3 (8.82%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (5.88%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.88%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Shell Script
2 1 (2.94%) PHP
2 1 (2.94%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) R
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) QA
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Data Guard
2 2 (5.88%) Ansible
2 2 (5.88%) Grafana
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.88%) Nagios
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (5.88%) SCCM
2 2 (5.88%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Argo
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Atlassian
3 4 (11.76%) Oracle
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco
4 2 (5.88%) Dell
4 2 (5.88%) Informatica
4 2 (5.88%) SAP
4 2 (5.88%) SonicWALL
4 2 (5.88%) VMware
4 2 (5.88%) WatchGuard
5 1 (2.94%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (2.94%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.94%) Splunk