Problem-Solving Contracts in Wales

Problem Solving
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 6 11 33
Rank change year-on-year +5 +22 +2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 61 66 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 15.21% 10.41% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.24% 12.04% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 49 31
10th Percentile £143 £201 £155
25th Percentile £193 £300 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +26.67%
75th Percentile £594 £550 £541
90th Percentile £625 £625 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £11.00 £21.52 -
25th Percentile £11.56 £23.10 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 £25.74 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.54% +66.03% -6.91%
75th Percentile £15.25 £28.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £36.18 £29.95 -
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £43.86 £20.49
% change year-on-year -60.10% +114.06% +2.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 548 846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.05% 86.44% 83.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 421 620
10th Percentile £172 £183 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £487
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -2.48% +8.24%
75th Percentile £570 £573 £575
90th Percentile £667 £650 £652
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 28 30
10th Percentile £11.75 £14.78 £14.18
25th Percentile £14.78 £16.98 £18.57
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.82 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% -20.78% +23.38%
75th Percentile £51.75 £26.50 £30.13
90th Percentile £86.00 £49.13 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Wales over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Wales

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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
South Wales +4 51 £504 -4.05% 95
West Wales - 4 £500 - 19
North Wales - 1 - - 16
Problem-Solving
UK

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.64%) Confluence
3 1 (1.64%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (16.39%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (13.11%) Acrobat
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.64%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.28%) SAP HCM
2 2 (3.28%) SAP HR
2 2 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) Azure
2 14 (22.95%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.56%) GitHub
4 3 (4.92%) AWS
4 3 (4.92%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (4.92%) WhatsApp
5 2 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.28%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) Firewall
2 3 (4.92%) LAN
2 3 (4.92%) VPN
3 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) MySQL
2 3 (4.92%) Oracle ODI
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.28%) PowerCenter
3 2 (3.28%) RDBMS
3 2 (3.28%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.64%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.64%) Power BI
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (11.48%) JIRA
General
1 41 (67.21%) Social Skills
2 22 (36.07%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Local Government
3 8 (13.11%) Marketing
4 6 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.20%) Finance
6 3 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Digital Economy
7 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.64%) Legal
8 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (24.59%) IT Engineer
2 11 (18.03%) IT Support
3 9 (14.75%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (14.75%) Project Manager
3 9 (14.75%) Support Engineer
4 8 (13.11%) Bid Manager
4 8 (13.11%) Senior
4 8 (13.11%) Senior Bid Manager
4 8 (13.11%) Senior Manager
5 7 (11.48%) Analyst
6 6 (9.84%) DBA
6 6 (9.84%) Field Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Coordinator
7 4 (6.56%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Oracle DBA
7 4 (6.56%) Support Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) CRM Consultant
8 3 (4.92%) Migration Consultant
8 3 (4.92%) Project Coordinator
8 3 (4.92%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) Middleware
2 1 (1.64%) CSS
2 1 (1.64%) CSS3
2 1 (1.64%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.64%) HTML
2 1 (1.64%) HTML5
2 1 (1.64%) MobX
2 1 (1.64%) Next.js
2 1 (1.64%) Node.js
2 1 (1.64%) React
2 1 (1.64%) Redux
2 1 (1.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.20%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.28%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) NHS
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.11%) Windows
2 6 (9.84%) Linux
3 4 (6.56%) AIX
3 4 (6.56%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (4.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.64%) Android
6 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Project Management
2 15 (24.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (21.31%) Agile
4 11 (18.03%) Risk Management
5 10 (16.39%) Critical Thinking
5 10 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (14.75%) Customer Service
6 9 (14.75%) Value Proposition
7 8 (13.11%) Migration
7 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
7 8 (13.11%) Psychology
7 8 (13.11%) Scrum
8 6 (9.84%) Project Governance
8 6 (9.84%) SDLC
9 5 (8.20%) DevOps
10 4 (6.56%) Break/Fix
10 4 (6.56%) E-business
10 4 (6.56%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (6.56%) Kanban
10 4 (6.56%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.56%) SQL
2 2 (3.28%) PHP
2 2 (3.28%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.64%) Python
3 1 (1.64%) R
3 1 (1.64%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (29.51%) Degree
2 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
3 12 (19.67%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.11%) PMI Certification
4 8 (13.11%) PMP
5 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) QA
2 2 (3.28%) PMO
2 2 (3.28%) SLA
3 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (9.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.92%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.64%) Docker
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) Data Guard
2 3 (4.92%) SCCM
3 2 (3.28%) Ansible
3 2 (3.28%) Argo
3 2 (3.28%) Grafana
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.28%) Nagios
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (34.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.11%) Adobe
3 6 (9.84%) Atlassian
4 4 (6.56%) Oracle
4 4 (6.56%) VMware
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco
5 2 (3.28%) Dell
5 2 (3.28%) Informatica
5 2 (3.28%) SAP
5 2 (3.28%) SonicWALL
5 2 (3.28%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.64%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.64%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.64%) Splunk