Problem-Solving Contracts in Leicester

Problem Solving
Leicestershire > Leicester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 14 20 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 5.36% 6.14% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 6.73% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile £236 £241 £339
25th Percentile £358 £359 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £488 £360
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +35.42% +27.43%
75th Percentile £592 £563 -
90th Percentile £601 - £408
Leicestershire median daily rate £265 £525 £355
% change year-on-year -49.52% +47.89% -15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £13.20 £15.90 -
25th Percentile £15.38 £17.25 -
Median hourly rate £20.50 £20.60 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% - -
75th Percentile £25.38 £22.73 -
90th Percentile £27.40 £23.34 -
Leicestershire median hourly rate £20.50 £20.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.49% +3.00% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83 104 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 74.11% 91.23% 83.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 88 132
10th Percentile £272 £263 £301
25th Percentile £350 £326 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £404 £409
Median % change year-on-year +11.46% -1.22% -3.82%
75th Percentile £588 £450 £488
90th Percentile £625 £561 £638
Leicestershire median daily rate £375 £395 £400
% change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile £13.20 £14.08 £14.10
25th Percentile £15.38 £17.03 £15.31
Median hourly rate £20.50 £20.60 £30.42
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -32.28% +90.11%
75th Percentile £25.38 £41.88 £46.25
90th Percentile £27.40 £63.50 £46.67
Leicestershire median hourly rate £21.50 £20.60 £23.50
% change year-on-year +4.37% -12.34% +46.88%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Leicester

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Leicester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Leicester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Leicester

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Leicester

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

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Leicester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 (16.67%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Billing
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Data Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Master Data Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
1 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (16.67%) Change Management
1 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 1 (16.67%) Data Management
1 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (16.67%) Service Management
1 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Bash
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PHP
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Aruba
1 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
1 1 (16.67%) HP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft