Problem-Solving Contracts with Work from Home Options

Problem Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 21 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,513 2,028 2,873
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.07% 8.07% 6.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.45% 8.99% 7.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,361 1,937
10th Percentile £313 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £430 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £511 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 68 57
10th Percentile £11.00 £18.63 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.75 £28.85 £12.25
Median hourly rate £28.26 £65.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.53% +160.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £60.38 £75.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £90.00 £85.75 £65.05
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £48.40 £23.35
% change year-on-year -64.88% +107.30% +19.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,215 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.97% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,849 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 522 532
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.38 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Problem-Solving daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving.

Problem-Solving hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Problem-Solving hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 38 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.12%) Confluence
3 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.93%) CMS
5 9 (0.59%) SAS
6 7 (0.46%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.33%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.26%) Appian
9 4 (0.26%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.26%) Luigi
9 4 (0.26%) nginx
9 4 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.20%) Apache
10 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.20%) CICS
10 3 (0.20%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 56 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.40%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.26%) InDesign
9 4 (0.26%) Sketch
10 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.13%) Revit
12 1 (0.066%) Autodesk Inventor
12 1 (0.066%) SPSS
12 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (0.79%) SAP HR
4 11 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (0.73%) SAP HCM
5 8 (0.53%) Endur
6 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.40%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.33%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.26%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.20%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 270 (17.85%) Azure
2 162 (10.71%) AWS
3 111 (7.34%) Power Platform
4 66 (4.36%) GCP
5 64 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
7 52 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (2.78%) PowerApps
9 33 (2.18%) SaaS
10 29 (1.92%) GitHub
11 27 (1.78%) Entra ID
11 27 (1.78%) Power Automate
12 26 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (1.52%) Serverless
14 17 (1.12%) PaaS
14 17 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
15 13 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (0.73%) IaaS
17 11 (0.73%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.97%) Firewall
2 32 (2.12%) DNS
2 32 (2.12%) Network Security
3 31 (2.05%) VPN
4 29 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.45%) WAN
6 21 (1.39%) Internet
7 20 (1.32%) DHCP
7 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
8 19 (1.26%) HTTP
9 15 (0.99%) LAN
9 15 (0.99%) Wireless
10 11 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
11 9 (0.59%) 802.11
11 9 (0.59%) BGP
11 9 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (0.59%) OSPF
12 8 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (0.53%) SSL
12 8 (0.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.55%) Power BI
3 48 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (2.51%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.92%) MongoDB
7 28 (1.85%) MySQL
8 21 (1.39%) Oracle Database
8 21 (1.39%) Tableau
9 16 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.99%) Metadata
11 14 (0.93%) NoSQL
12 13 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.86%) Big Data
12 13 (0.86%) Power Query
13 12 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (0.59%) GIS
14 9 (0.59%) QlikView
15 7 (0.46%) Oracle ODI
15 7 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 87 (5.75%) JIRA
2 69 (4.56%) Git
3 36 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 29 (1.92%) GitLab
5 21 (1.39%) Selenium
6 16 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (1.06%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.99%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
9 9 (0.59%) JMeter
9 9 (0.59%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (0.53%) PVCS
10 8 (0.53%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.40%) Appium
11 6 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.40%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.40%) MLflow
12 5 (0.33%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.33%) WiX
General
1 865 (57.17%) Social Skills
2 638 (42.17%) Analytical Skills
3 310 (20.49%) Finance
4 102 (6.74%) Public Sector
5 85 (5.62%) Banking
6 63 (4.16%) Marketing
7 58 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 42 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (2.45%) Retail
11 36 (2.38%) Manufacturing
12 35 (2.31%) Legal
13 32 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
14 30 (1.98%) Front Office
15 28 (1.85%) Law
16 23 (1.52%) Investment Banking
17 22 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 17 (1.12%) Police
20 14 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 225 (14.87%) Developer
2 197 (13.02%) Analyst
3 141 (9.32%) Senior
4 132 (8.72%) Consultant
5 126 (8.33%) Architect
6 95 (6.28%) Project Manager
7 79 (5.22%) Business Analyst
8 69 (4.56%) Lead
9 47 (3.11%) Software Engineer
10 43 (2.84%) Data Engineer
11 41 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
12 35 (2.31%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (2.05%) Support Engineer
14 30 (1.98%) Data Analyst
15 27 (1.78%) Senior Developer
16 26 (1.72%) .NET Developer
16 26 (1.72%) DBA
17 25 (1.65%) Administrator
18 23 (1.52%) Java Engineer
18 23 (1.52%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.16%) CSS
2 62 (4.10%) .NET
2 62 (4.10%) HTML
2 62 (4.10%) React
3 43 (2.84%) REST
4 41 (2.71%) RESTful
5 34 (2.25%) Kafka
6 31 (2.05%) Web Services
7 29 (1.92%) JSON
8 26 (1.72%) XML
9 23 (1.52%) Node.js
10 22 (1.45%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.19%) .NET Framework
12 17 (1.12%) Middleware
13 16 (1.06%) ASP.NET
14 15 (0.99%) Spring
15 14 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
16 13 (0.86%) YAML
17 12 (0.79%) PySpark
18 11 (0.73%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.16%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
3 52 (3.44%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.38%) Algorithms
5 34 (2.25%) Virtual Team
6 31 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 26 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.59%) Data Structures
9 22 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.06%) Cloud Native
10 16 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.06%) Mobile App
11 15 (0.99%) CMDB
11 15 (0.99%) Derivative
11 15 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.93%) NHS
13 11 (0.73%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 118 (7.80%) Windows
2 95 (6.28%) Linux
3 27 (1.78%) Unix
4 25 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.26%) Android
7 14 (0.93%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.53%) VMS
9 7 (0.46%) AIX
9 7 (0.46%) Solaris
10 6 (0.40%) CentOS
10 6 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.40%) zOS
11 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (25.38%) Agile
2 225 (14.87%) Project Management
3 183 (12.10%) DevOps
4 160 (10.58%) Migration
5 159 (10.51%) Computer Science
6 143 (9.45%) Decision-Making
7 127 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 126 (8.33%) CI/CD
9 115 (7.60%) Analytics
10 112 (7.40%) Business Intelligence
11 110 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 95 (6.28%) Data Modelling
13 92 (6.08%) Data Analysis
13 92 (6.08%) ITIL
13 92 (6.08%) Roadmaps
13 92 (6.08%) Scrum
14 81 (5.35%) Mentoring
14 81 (5.35%) Software Engineering
15 78 (5.16%) Change Management
15 78 (5.16%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 198 (13.09%) SQL
2 168 (11.10%) Python
3 115 (7.60%) JavaScript
4 108 (7.14%) Java
5 80 (5.29%) C#
6 55 (3.64%) PowerShell
7 46 (3.04%) C++
8 40 (2.64%) TypeScript
9 37 (2.45%) PL/SQL
10 33 (2.18%) Bash
11 32 (2.12%) C
12 26 (1.72%) Scala
13 23 (1.52%) Go
14 21 (1.39%) Shell Script
15 19 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (0.99%) Perl
16 15 (0.99%) PHP
17 14 (0.93%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.86%) VB.NET
19 11 (0.73%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 295 (19.50%) Degree
2 202 (13.35%) Security Cleared
3 163 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 113 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.50%) Master's Degree
6 38 (2.51%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.18%) CISSP
8 28 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.59%) CISM
10 22 (1.45%) PMP
11 21 (1.39%) CCNP
12 19 (1.26%) ISTQB
13 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (1.19%) PMI Certification
14 15 (0.99%) AWS Certification
14 15 (0.99%) Azure Certification
14 15 (0.99%) CCNA
15 13 (0.86%) PhD
15 13 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (6.87%) QA
2 65 (4.30%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.45%) SLA
4 34 (2.25%) GDPR
5 22 (1.45%) NIST
6 18 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (0.99%) PMO
9 8 (0.53%) NCSC
10 7 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
10 7 (0.46%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.26%) CDISC
11 4 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
11 4 (0.26%) MiFID
12 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.20%) GPG13
12 3 (0.20%) P3O
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 69 (4.56%) Docker
2 65 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.59%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 9 (0.59%) Firmware
5 8 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.53%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (0.33%) KVM
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.13%) XenApp
9 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.066%) RACF
10 1 (0.066%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 85 (5.62%) Kubernetes
2 62 (4.10%) Terraform
3 41 (2.71%) Ansible
4 22 (1.45%) SCCM
5 21 (1.39%) Grafana
6 20 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (1.12%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.79%) Puppet
10 10 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (0.59%) Consul
11 9 (0.59%) Data Guard
12 8 (0.53%) Podman
12 8 (0.53%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.26%) QRadar
15 4 (0.26%) SCOM
15 4 (0.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 233 (15.40%) Microsoft
2 107 (7.07%) Oracle
3 83 (5.49%) SAP
4 39 (2.58%) Google
5 37 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 32 (2.12%) Cisco
7 31 (2.05%) VMware
8 30 (1.98%) Databricks
9 26 (1.72%) Adobe
10 25 (1.65%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.12%) Palo Alto
12 15 (0.99%) Dell
12 15 (0.99%) IBM
12 15 (0.99%) Juniper
13 14 (0.93%) Splunk
14 13 (0.86%) Ariba
15 11 (0.73%) Apple
15 11 (0.73%) Informatica
16 10 (0.66%) Citrix
17 9 (0.59%) CheckPoint