Problem-Solving Contracts in West Sussex

Problem Solving
South East > West Sussex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 12 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 40 33 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 15.63% 11.50% 12.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.17% 13.20% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 28 33
10th Percentile £183 £185 £371
25th Percentile £200 £200 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £414 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -23.05% +9.80%
75th Percentile £475 - £550
90th Percentile £538 £510 £591
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £20.78
25th Percentile £18.20 - £26.06
Median hourly rate £19.38 £22.16 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% -38.87% +144.44%
75th Percentile £22.25 - £47.56
90th Percentile - - £53.53
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £56.99 £44.73
% change year-on-year -66.00% +27.41% +148.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 Sussex with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 233 250 386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 91.02% 87.11% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 199 298
10th Percentile £303 £181 £175
25th Percentile £400 £263 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £485 £467
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +3.97% +3.67%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £575
90th Percentile £588 £682 £638
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 8
10th Percentile £13.63 £18.74 £15.43
25th Percentile £18.20 - £30.56
Median hourly rate £21.50 £22.16 £54.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.98% -59.15% +55.00%
75th Percentile £22.25 £22.40 £59.06
90th Percentile £28.05 £24.19 £65.63
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in West Sussex

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in West Sussex

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in West Sussex

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in West Sussex

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex 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
Crawley +15 17 £325 +62.50% 14
Worthing -3 12 £412 -0.48% 5
Chichester +3 4 £525 - 6
Burgess Hill -5 4 £355 +32.09% 4
East Grinstead -3 1 £130 -13.33% 4
Problem-Solving
South East

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.50%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Azure
2 5 (12.50%) AWS
2 5 (12.50%) GCP
3 2 (5.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.50%) GitHub
4 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) NAS
1 3 (7.50%) SAN
2 1 (2.50%) DHCP
2 1 (2.50%) LAN
2 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.50%) VoIP
2 1 (2.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Big Data
2 2 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.50%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (2.50%) Couchbase
3 1 (2.50%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.50%) MySQL
3 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Git
2 4 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.50%) GitLab
General
1 24 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Finance
3 4 (10.00%) Local Government
3 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.50%) Police
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.50%) Automotive
6 1 (2.50%) Billing
6 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Developer
2 9 (22.50%) ABAP Developer
2 9 (22.50%) SAP Developer
3 7 (17.50%) IT Support
4 6 (15.00%) Senior
5 5 (12.50%) Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
5 5 (12.50%) IT Technician
5 5 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Support Technician
6 4 (10.00%) Lead
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Storage Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Storage Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) VMware Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) C# Software Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (22.50%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (2.50%) CSS
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.50%) CMDB
1 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
1 1 (2.50%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) Linux
3 2 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (2.50%) Android
4 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.50%) Unix
4 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Agile
2 9 (22.50%) Data Migration
2 9 (22.50%) Migration
2 9 (22.50%) Process Improvement
2 9 (22.50%) Test Strategy
3 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 7 (17.50%) Customer Service
5 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (12.50%) Office Automation
5 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 5 (12.50%) Project Management
6 4 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 4 (10.00%) Clean Code
6 4 (10.00%) People Management
6 4 (10.00%) Performance Management
6 4 (10.00%) Programme Management
6 4 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
6 4 (10.00%) Service Delivery
7 3 (7.50%) Design Patterns
7 3 (7.50%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) ABAP
2 5 (12.50%) Bash
2 5 (12.50%) Python
3 3 (7.50%) C#
3 3 (7.50%) Perl
3 3 (7.50%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.00%) C++
4 2 (5.00%) Go
5 1 (2.50%) C
5 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.50%) ProC
5 1 (2.50%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (5.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.50%) vSphere
3 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Adobe
2 9 (22.50%) SAP
3 5 (12.50%) VMware
4 4 (10.00%) Google
4 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.50%) Dell
6 1 (2.50%) HP
6 1 (2.50%) Oracle
6 1 (2.50%) Toshiba
6 1 (2.50%) Xerox