Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Andover

Problem Solving
Hampshire > Andover

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Andover requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Andover 10.64% - 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.82% - 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £629
25th Percentile - - £634
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £663
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.31%
75th Percentile £550 - £684
90th Percentile £663 - £686
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £494 £538
% change year-on-year +1.27% -8.14% -4.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Andover

Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Andover.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39 10 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Andover 82.98% 90.91% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 6 19
10th Percentile £440 £275 £506
25th Percentile £500 £342 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £594 £662
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -10.24% +39.26%
75th Percentile £775 £688 £688
90th Percentile £788 £718 £700
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +6.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.83% -36.36% +29.67%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Andover

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Andover.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Andover

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Andover

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Andover citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Andover citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Andover

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Andover over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Andover

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Andover by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
1 4 (80.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Requirements Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) DOORS Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) Requirements Management
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) OWASP
2 1 (20.00%) Presales
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) IBM