Problem-Solving Contracts in Luton

Problem Solving
Bedfordshire > Luton

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 19 17 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 12.58% 15.18% 11.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.29% 15.74% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 8
10th Percentile £300 £250 £324
25th Percentile £350 £367 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £548
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -17.81% +212.86%
75th Percentile £550 £520 £575
90th Percentile £578 - £583
Bedfordshire median daily rate £400 £463 £467
% change year-on-year -13.51% -0.96% +166.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 108 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 94.70% 96.43% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 80 82
10th Percentile £338 £281 £263
25th Percentile £477 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £550
90th Percentile £725 £633 £638
Bedfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +10.53% -3.06% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 5 7
10th Percentile - £29.50 £30.60
25th Percentile £15.39 £51.25 £48.13
Median hourly rate £21.50 £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.33% +36.36% +243.75%
75th Percentile £43.75 £90.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £65.75 - £59.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £21.50 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.27% +15.91% +243.75%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Luton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Luton

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Luton over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Luton

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Luton

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) AWS
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (15.79%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (10.53%) BGP
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (10.53%) Firewall
3 2 (10.53%) LAN
3 2 (10.53%) OSPF
3 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
3 2 (10.53%) VPN
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
2 2 (10.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 13 (68.42%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (42.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (31.58%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (26.32%) Finance
6 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Project Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Data Governance Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Data Governance Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Data Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Governance Manager
3 3 (15.79%) SAP Manager
3 3 (15.79%) SAP Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Network Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Network Technical Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) CSS
1 2 (10.53%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) CMDB
1 2 (10.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (26.32%) Data Governance
2 5 (26.32%) Data Management
2 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
2 5 (26.32%) Master Data Management
2 5 (26.32%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) Change Management
3 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
3 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (21.05%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Line Management
4 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
4 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
4 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 2 (10.53%) Agile
5 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
5 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (10.53%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (10.53%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
1 2 (10.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) AWS Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Data Quality
2 4 (21.05%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) Alteryx
2 2 (10.53%) Ariba
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco
2 2 (10.53%) F5
2 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
2 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.53%) Splunk
2 2 (10.53%) Talend
2 2 (10.53%) Zscaler
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft