Problem-Solving Contracts in Gloucestershire

Problem Solving
South West > Gloucestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 7 19 33
Rank change year-on-year +12 +14 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 72 55 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 17.10% 11.51% 6.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% 12.42% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 47 13
10th Percentile £296 £200 £415
25th Percentile £525 £263 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +46.88% -27.27% +30.95%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £575
90th Percentile £706 £593 -
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £15.70 £72.00 £18.83
25th Percentile £20.17 £74.25 £25.69
Median hourly rate £33.00 £78.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -57.69% +106.62% -24.50%
75th Percentile - - £49.19
90th Percentile £58.21 - £55.68
South West median hourly rate £25.00 £56.29 £49.48
% change year-on-year -55.59% +13.77% +11.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 360 443 472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 85.51% 92.68% 87.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 310 371
10th Percentile £363 £299 £205
25th Percentile £463 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £677 £650 £601
90th Percentile £738 £700 £680
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 39 16
10th Percentile £14.00 £35.00 £11.88
25th Percentile £18.85 £50.50 £13.59
Median hourly rate £35.00 £70.00 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +116.05% -35.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.66 £46.40
90th Percentile £71.73 £83.40 £57.50
South West median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Gloucestershire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Cheltenham +22 28 £600 +14.29% 19
Gloucester +7 20 £650 +136.36% 20
Filton +5 6 - - 2
Problem-Solving
South West

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (30.56%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (29.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (27.78%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (27.78%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.39%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.94%) SAP HCM
2 5 (6.94%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.39%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (1.39%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.06%) Azure
2 11 (15.28%) AWS
3 6 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.78%) IaaS
5 2 (2.78%) PaaS
6 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.78%) Network Security
2 1 (1.39%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.39%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.39%) Metadata
1 1 (1.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Git
2 1 (1.39%) git-flow
General
1 50 (69.44%) Social Skills
2 41 (56.94%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 22 (30.56%) Finance
5 6 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.56%) Legal
7 2 (2.78%) Retail
8 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.39%) Aviation
8 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Local Government
8 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (40.28%) Lead
2 20 (27.78%) Project Leader
3 12 (16.67%) Developer
4 9 (12.50%) Analyst
5 8 (11.11%) Full Stack Developer
6 5 (6.94%) Data Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Architect
7 4 (5.56%) Compliance Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Data Compliance Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Technical Architect
8 2 (2.78%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (2.78%) Consultant
8 2 (2.78%) Data Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.28%) React
2 9 (12.50%) AngularJS
3 8 (11.11%) Spring
4 2 (2.78%) CSS
4 2 (2.78%) HTML
4 2 (2.78%) Node.js
5 1 (1.39%) .NET
5 1 (1.39%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (1.39%) JSON
5 1 (1.39%) ModSecurity
5 1 (1.39%) pytest
5 1 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.94%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.56%) CMDB
2 4 (5.56%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.39%) IoT
3 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.39%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Windows
1 5 (6.94%) Windows 10
2 4 (5.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (65.28%) Project Management
2 36 (50.00%) Agile
3 25 (34.72%) Project Delivery
4 23 (31.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (30.56%) Project Planning
6 21 (29.17%) Data Management
6 21 (29.17%) PRINCE2
6 21 (29.17%) Workshop Facilitation
7 20 (27.78%) Commercial Awareness
7 20 (27.78%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 20 (27.78%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 10 (13.89%) Full Stack Development
9 9 (12.50%) Change Management
9 9 (12.50%) DevOps
9 9 (12.50%) SDLC
10 8 (11.11%) OO
10 8 (11.11%) OOP
10 8 (11.11%) Programme Management
10 8 (11.11%) Software Architecture
10 8 (11.11%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.44%) Python
2 11 (15.28%) Java
2 11 (15.28%) JavaScript
3 10 (13.89%) C
4 5 (6.94%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.17%) SQL
6 2 (2.78%) C#
7 1 (1.39%) C++
7 1 (1.39%) Perl
7 1 (1.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 45 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 30 (41.67%) DV Cleared
3 21 (29.17%) APMP
4 15 (20.83%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.17%) Degree
5 3 (4.17%) HNC
6 2 (2.78%) CCNA
6 2 (2.78%) CCNP
6 2 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.78%) JNCIP
7 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.39%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.39%) CISM
7 1 (1.39%) CISSP
7 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (27.78%) PMO
2 11 (15.28%) QA
3 1 (1.39%) DO-178B
3 1 (1.39%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.39%) NIST
3 1 (1.39%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (6.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.94%) SCCM
2 1 (1.39%) Ansible
2 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.72%) SAP
3 4 (5.56%) Splunk
4 2 (2.78%) Cisco
4 2 (2.78%) Juniper
5 1 (1.39%) Google
5 1 (1.39%) Infor
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle