Problem-Solving Contracts in Swindon

Problem Solving
Wiltshire > Swindon

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Swindon 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 25 26
Rank change year-on-year +20 +1 -16
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 17 10 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 13.82% 4.29% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.68% 4.98% 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile £252 £494 £424
25th Percentile £458 £522 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £488
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +43.59% +8.33%
75th Percentile - £784 £541
90th Percentile £530 £818 £561
Wiltshire median daily rate £488 £550 £523
% change year-on-year -11.36% +5.26% +7.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £12.94 - -
25th Percentile £14.36 - £15.88
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £17.25
75th Percentile £17.25 - £18.63
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £14.54 - £50.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 91 201 286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 73.98% 86.27% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 160 197
10th Percentile £138 £359 £280
25th Percentile £263 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.62% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £569 £605 £600
90th Percentile £638 £696 £655
Wiltshire median daily rate £545 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -5.22% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £12.00 - £15.18
25th Percentile £12.59 - £15.44
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.00%
75th Percentile £27.00 - £26.19
90th Percentile £30.25 - £30.73
Wiltshire median hourly rate £14.54 £68.15 £59.25
% change year-on-year -78.66% +15.02% +18.50%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Swindon

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Swindon

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Swindon over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Swindon

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Swindon

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JMeter
1 2 (11.76%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (64.71%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Electronics
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Field Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) IT Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Performance Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Development Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (5.88%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (23.53%) Security Posture
2 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) Break/Fix
2 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (23.53%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Cyber Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
3 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Red Team
3 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.76%) Change Management
4 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (11.76%) Escalation Management
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Engineering
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Threat Detection
4 2 (11.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (11.76%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (5.88%) C
2 1 (5.88%) C++
2 1 (5.88%) Java
2 1 (5.88%) Perl
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Ruby
2 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) CCNP
2 1 (5.88%) CCSP
2 1 (5.88%) CEH
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) CREST Certified
2 1 (5.88%) GIAC
2 1 (5.88%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
1 3 (17.65%) NIST
2 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
2 2 (11.76%) SLA
3 1 (5.88%) GRC
3 1 (5.88%) HIPAA
3 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.88%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Splunk
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) SAP