Problem-Solving Contracts in West Lothian

Problem Solving
Scotland > West Lothian

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Lothian 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 2 9
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 4 19 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian 8.00% 34.55% 14.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.51% 37.25% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 4
10th Percentile £221 £110 £171
25th Percentile £281 £120 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £130 £468
Median % change year-on-year +195.19% -72.19% +233.93%
75th Percentile £483 £600 £480
90th Percentile £541 £624 -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £425
% change year-on-year - +11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £15.83 -
25th Percentile - £15.94 £17.25
Median hourly rate - £16.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% -
75th Percentile - £34.19 £21.75
90th Percentile - £64.68 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 £18.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -9.96% -60.25% +128.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47 51 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 94.00% 92.73% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 32 27
10th Percentile £96 £121 £243
25th Percentile £380 £139 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £564 £605 £484
90th Percentile £589 £648 £500
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £15.90 -
25th Percentile - £16.00 £17.25
Median hourly rate £48.00 £65.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% +233.33% -
75th Percentile - £70.50 £21.75
90th Percentile - £79.60 -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £40.00
% change year-on-year +9.11% -55.69% -0.01%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in West Lothian

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in West Lothian

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in West Lothian

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in West Lothian

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Lothian

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in West Lothian

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

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 West Lothian 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
Livingston -13 4 £384 +195.19% 5
Problem-Solving
Scotland

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Maven
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) React
1 3 (75.00%) REST
1 3 (75.00%) Spring
1 3 (75.00%) Spring Batch
1 3 (75.00%) Spring Boot
1 3 (75.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) MVC
1 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Continuity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Avaya
2 1 (25.00%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet