Problem-Solving Contracts in Hertfordshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 21 11 34
Rank change year-on-year -10 +23 -14
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 59 98 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.17% 12.00% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.93% 13.84% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 32 27
10th Percentile £258 £182 £231
25th Percentile £313 £231 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £510 £425
Median % change year-on-year -19.12% +20.00% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £721 £638 £652
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 44 1
10th Percentile £13.86 £21.00 -
25th Percentile £19.28 £53.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 £57.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% +130.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £67.94 £27.50
90th Percentile - £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £14.80 £22.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -32.73% +62.96% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 744 708 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 90.40% 86.66% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 376 406
10th Percentile £235 £239 £203
25th Percentile £315 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £703 £788 £688
East of England median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 157 82
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £21.15
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.50 £39.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.93
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +22.82% +17.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.10 -
East of England median hourly rate £39.55 £23.31 £15.50
% change year-on-year +69.67% +50.39% -11.93%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Hertfordshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage -27 24 £300 +9.09% 33
Hatfield +1 15 £330 -40.00% 5
Watford 0 7 £425 -32.00% 29
Hemel Hempstead +13 6 £700 +24.44% 10
Welwyn Garden City +4 1 £600 -9.43% 5
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (3.39%) Apache
1 2 (3.39%) IIS
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.39%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.69%) DELMIA
2 1 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.47%) AWS
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.08%) SaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Azure
4 2 (3.39%) GCP
5 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.69%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) H.323
1 2 (3.39%) HTTP
1 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.39%) Wireless
2 1 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.69%) LAN
2 1 (1.69%) Network Security
2 1 (1.69%) VPN
2 1 (1.69%) WAN
2 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Big Data
1 1 (1.69%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.69%) Data Vault
1 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.69%) Power BI
1 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (20.34%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 34 (57.63%) Social Skills
2 18 (30.51%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.86%) Finance
4 6 (10.17%) Marketing
5 4 (6.78%) Aerospace
5 4 (6.78%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.39%) Aviation
6 2 (3.39%) Electronics
6 2 (3.39%) Games
6 2 (3.39%) Law
6 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) French Language
7 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (20.34%) C Software Engineer
1 12 (20.34%) Software Engineer
2 10 (16.95%) Embedded C Engineer
2 10 (16.95%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 10 (16.95%) Embedded Engineer
2 10 (16.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (11.86%) Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) Consultant
4 5 (8.47%) Developer
4 5 (8.47%) Technical Support
5 4 (6.78%) Administrator
5 4 (6.78%) Salesforce Developer
5 4 (6.78%) Support Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Technical Support Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Design Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) IT Administrator
6 3 (5.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) HTML
2 4 (6.78%) CSS
2 4 (6.78%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (6.78%) REST
2 4 (6.78%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.78%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.39%) BYOD
2 2 (3.39%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.39%) IVR
3 1 (1.69%) Acoustics
3 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.69%) Replication
3 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.25%) Linux
2 6 (10.17%) Windows
3 2 (3.39%) Android
3 2 (3.39%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) Software Engineering
2 13 (22.03%) Customer Service
3 10 (16.95%) Test Automation
3 10 (16.95%) Test Scripting
3 10 (16.95%) Validation
3 10 (16.95%) Verification and Validation
4 9 (15.25%) Migration
5 5 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (8.47%) Change Management
5 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (8.47%) ITIL
5 5 (8.47%) Service Delivery
6 4 (6.78%) ERP
6 4 (6.78%) Mathematics
6 4 (6.78%) Product Backlog
6 4 (6.78%) Project Management
6 4 (6.78%) Statistics
6 4 (6.78%) Web Development
7 3 (5.08%) Agile
7 3 (5.08%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.34%) C
2 10 (16.95%) C++
2 10 (16.95%) Embedded C
3 8 (13.56%) Embedded C++
4 7 (11.86%) SQL
5 4 (6.78%) Apex Code
5 4 (6.78%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.39%) MATLAB
6 2 (3.39%) Python
7 1 (1.69%) Java
7 1 (1.69%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (28.81%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.47%) Degree
3 5 (8.47%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.08%) CCNP
4 3 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.08%) PMP
5 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.69%) CCIE
6 1 (1.69%) CCNA
6 1 (1.69%) CCSA
6 1 (1.69%) CISSP
6 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.69%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) SLA
2 5 (8.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.69%) GDPR
3 1 (1.69%) PMO
3 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) SCCM
2 2 (3.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (25.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.86%) SAP
3 5 (8.47%) VMware
4 4 (6.78%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.08%) Cisco
5 3 (5.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (3.39%) Avaya
6 2 (3.39%) Oracle
6 2 (3.39%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.39%) Twitter
7 1 (1.69%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.69%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.69%) Citrix
7 1 (1.69%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.69%) Google
7 1 (1.69%) IFS
7 1 (1.69%) Juniper
7 1 (1.69%) Palo Alto