Problem-Solving Contracts in Oxford

Problem Solving
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 9 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 -5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 9 16 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 8.57% 12.50% 5.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.23% 14.68% 6.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 6
10th Percentile £293 £328 £191
25th Percentile £358 £403 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £456 £225
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +102.78% -55.00%
75th Percentile £475 £634 £237
90th Percentile £494 £803 £389
Oxfordshire median daily rate £401 £450 £317
% change year-on-year -10.83% +41.82% -26.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.00 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £14.79 £28.16 -
% change year-on-year -47.48% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 88 109 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 83.81% 85.16% 79.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 84 97
10th Percentile £250 £300 £154
25th Percentile £363 £350 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £575
90th Percentile £575 £679 £622
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £458 £450
% change year-on-year -7.10% +1.67% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 5
10th Percentile £12.75 £22.05 -
25th Percentile £13.00 £22.13 £17.42
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +22.50% -55.56%
75th Percentile £39.13 £27.13 -
90th Percentile £65.00 £27.35 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £19.50 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.00% -55.56%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Oxford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Oxford

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Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Oxford over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Oxford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Oxford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) ERP Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) ERP Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) ERP Manager
3 1 (11.11%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) ETL Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Field Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Transformation Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Time Management
1 4 (44.44%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
3 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow