Problem-Solving Contracts in Shropshire

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Shropshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 15 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 11 72 127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 8.46% 42.11% 19.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.92% 45.00% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 62 89
10th Percentile - £423 £414
25th Percentile - £533 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £117 £540 £530
Median % change year-on-year -78.33% +1.89% +17.78%
75th Percentile £289 - £550
90th Percentile £391 £595 £586
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79 160 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 60.77% 93.57% 98.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 125 452
10th Percentile £260 £410 £381
25th Percentile £356 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £538 £505
Median % change year-on-year -27.70% +6.53% +24.69%
75th Percentile £498 £540 £575
90th Percentile £519 £595 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £512 £488
% change year-on-year -2.34% +5.03% +16.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £10.42 £55.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -81.05% +214.29% +34.62%
75th Percentile £11.32 £57.50 £18.75
90th Percentile £14.26 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Shropshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Telford -8 11 £117 -78.33% 22
Problem-Solving
West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (18.18%) OneDrive
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) VPN
1 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (9.09%) DHCP
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (9.09%) SAN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Programmer
2 6 (54.55%) C Programmer
3 2 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Junior
3 2 (18.18%) Junior Desktop Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) C++ Programmer
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Server Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) VMWare Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Mainframe
1 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Mac OS
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) CentOS
3 1 (9.09%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Ubuntu
3 1 (9.09%) Unix
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
1 2 (18.18%) Time Management
2 1 (9.09%) Change Control
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (9.09%) Load Balancing
2 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
2 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) C
2 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.09%) Bash
3 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) MCSE
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Server
2 1 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Apple
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) VMware