Problem-Solving Contracts in Birmingham

Problem Solving
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +8
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 78 120 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.40% 13.56% 9.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.56% 15.44% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 68 84
10th Percentile £195 £263 £159
25th Percentile £355 £350 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £431
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +15.94% +5.18%
75th Percentile £538 £641 £593
90th Percentile £613 £731 £693
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +20.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile - £10.96 -
25th Percentile - £13.03 £13.75
Median hourly rate £56.25 £18.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +204.14% +27.55% -19.44%
75th Percentile - £22.56 £15.25
90th Percentile - £47.36 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £42.00 £18.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +127.09% +19.32% -13.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 621 777 1,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.80% 87.80% 91.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 517 861
10th Percentile £250 £275 £225
25th Percentile £375 £398 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £600
90th Percentile £696 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £490
% change year-on-year -2.44% +4.59% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 29 22
10th Percentile £13.19 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.81
Median hourly rate £26.00 £16.29 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +59.66% -5.54% -4.22%
75th Percentile £47.13 £28.75 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £62.50 £19.87
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £16.83
% change year-on-year +18.42% +12.93% +0.03%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Birmingham

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (2.56%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.56%) Maya
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.28%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.28%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Odoo
2 3 (3.85%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.28%) CA PPM
3 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.97%) Azure
2 7 (8.97%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.28%) AWS
5 1 (1.28%) Boomi
5 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.28%) PaaS
5 1 (1.28%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.54%) Network Security
2 5 (6.41%) Firewall
3 4 (5.13%) WAN
4 3 (3.85%) LAN
4 3 (3.85%) VLAN
4 3 (3.85%) VoIP
4 3 (3.85%) VPN
4 3 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.28%) Internet
5 1 (1.28%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.28%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.97%) Power BI
2 3 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.85%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.85%) Tableau
3 2 (2.56%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.56%) Power Query
4 1 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.28%) Big Data
4 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.28%) GIS
4 1 (1.28%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.28%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.28%) Presto
4 1 (1.28%) QGIS
4 1 (1.28%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.56%) JIRA
3 1 (1.28%) Ant
3 1 (1.28%) Gradle
3 1 (1.28%) JUnit
3 1 (1.28%) Maven
3 1 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
General
1 54 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 36 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (25.64%) Finance
4 13 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 7 (8.97%) Banking
7 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Games
9 1 (1.28%) Aeronautics
9 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.28%) Billing
9 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.28%) Marketing
9 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (16.67%) Developer
2 10 (12.82%) Project Manager
3 9 (11.54%) Senior
4 8 (10.26%) Analyst
5 6 (7.69%) AML Project Manager
6 5 (6.41%) Consultant
6 5 (6.41%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (5.13%) Architect
7 4 (5.13%) Java Developer
7 4 (5.13%) Network Manager
7 4 (5.13%) Support Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (3.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 3 (3.85%) Lead
8 3 (3.85%) Python Developer
9 2 (2.56%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) React
1 4 (5.13%) Spring
2 3 (3.85%) .NET
2 3 (3.85%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.56%) CSS
3 2 (2.56%) HTML
3 2 (2.56%) JSON
3 2 (2.56%) Regular Expression
3 2 (2.56%) Web Services
3 2 (2.56%) XML
4 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (1.28%) Blazor
4 1 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (11.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.13%) Clustering
5 3 (3.85%) CCTV
5 3 (3.85%) CMDB
5 3 (3.85%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.56%) Taxonomies
6 2 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.28%) Animation
7 1 (1.28%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.28%) EPoS
7 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.28%) PACS
7 1 (1.28%) Replication
7 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.69%) Windows
2 3 (3.85%) Linux
2 3 (3.85%) Mac OS
2 3 (3.85%) Windows 10
2 3 (3.85%) Windows Server
2 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.23%) Project Management
2 10 (12.82%) Agile
2 10 (12.82%) Decision-Making
3 8 (10.26%) ITIL
4 7 (8.97%) Computer Science
4 7 (8.97%) Visualisation
5 6 (7.69%) Analytics
5 6 (7.69%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (7.69%) ERP
5 6 (7.69%) KYC
5 6 (7.69%) Roadmaps
6 5 (6.41%) CI/CD
6 5 (6.41%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (6.41%) Data Analysis
6 5 (6.41%) Data Modelling
6 5 (6.41%) TDD
7 4 (5.13%) Network Design
7 4 (5.13%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.26%) Python
2 7 (8.97%) SQL
3 5 (6.41%) Java
4 3 (3.85%) C#
4 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.85%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.28%) C
6 1 (1.28%) C++
6 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.28%) Scala
6 1 (1.28%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.28%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.28%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (14.10%) Degree
2 5 (6.41%) Master's Degree
2 5 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.13%) CCIE
3 4 (5.13%) CCNP
3 4 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.56%) BC Cleared
4 2 (2.56%) CASP
4 2 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.56%) GCED
4 2 (2.56%) GIAC
4 2 (2.56%) GSEC
4 2 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.28%) CIMA
5 1 (1.28%) CIPD
5 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.85%) QA
2 2 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (1.28%) PMO
3 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.13%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.85%) Autotask
2 3 (3.85%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (3.85%) SCCM
3 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.85%) Apple
2 3 (3.85%) Datto
2 3 (3.85%) VMware
3 2 (2.56%) Cisco
3 2 (2.56%) Citrix
3 2 (2.56%) LogRhythm
3 2 (2.56%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.56%) SAP
3 2 (2.56%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.56%) TippingPoint
3 2 (2.56%) Trend Micro
4 1 (1.28%) Ericsson
4 1 (1.28%) Greenplum
4 1 (1.28%) IBM
4 1 (1.28%) Juniper
4 1 (1.28%) Nokia
4 1 (1.28%) Pega
4 1 (1.28%) Splunk