Problem-Solving Contracts in Stoke-on-Trent

Problem Solving
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 6 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 2 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 6.90% 12.77% 6.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.70% 16.22% 9.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £217 -
25th Percentile £338 £264 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £345 £230
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +50.00% -31.85%
75th Percentile £413 £424 £364
90th Percentile - £470 £491
Staffordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £230
% change year-on-year -10.00% +117.39% -45.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.24
25th Percentile - - £20.20
Median hourly rate £10.93 - £21.80
75th Percentile - - £23.40
90th Percentile - - £24.36
Staffordshire median hourly rate £15.90 - £21.80
% change year-on-year - - -14.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23 37 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 79.31% 78.72% 63.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 49
10th Percentile £300 £317 £166
25th Percentile £322 £463 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £523 £400
Median % change year-on-year -33.01% +30.63% +6.67%
75th Percentile £421 £644 £469
90th Percentile £541 £663 £525
Staffordshire median daily rate £375 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £14.32
25th Percentile - - £15.93
Median hourly rate £10.93 - £18.60
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.00%
75th Percentile - - £21.80
90th Percentile - - £23.72
Staffordshire median hourly rate £40.00 £24.96 £19.05
% change year-on-year +60.29% +31.00% +6.42%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Stoke-on-Trent

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CAFM
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft