Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Problem Solving
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Brighton requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 13 19 8
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 28.26% 35.19% 15.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 29.55% 35.85% 17.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 6
10th Percentile £523 £278 £303
25th Percentile £558 £369 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £313
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +76.00% -51.92%
75th Percentile £619 £613 £365
90th Percentile £630 £638 £398
East Sussex median daily rate £600 £550 £365
% change year-on-year +9.09% +50.68% -41.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Brighton

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 Brighton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44 53 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 95.65% 98.15% 92.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 37 35
10th Percentile £375 £310 £303
25th Percentile £463 £420 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +5.26% -15.56%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £554
90th Percentile £778 £653 £650
East Sussex median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £23.63
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.08%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £26.88
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median hourly rate £16.00 - £25.25
% change year-on-year - - -54.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Brighton

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Brighton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Brighton over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Brighton

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Brighton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
1 4 (30.77%) Azure Data Factory
1 4 (30.77%) GitHub
1 4 (30.77%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
2 1 (7.69%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Apache Cassandra
1 4 (30.77%) Couchbase
1 4 (30.77%) NoSQL
1 4 (30.77%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.69%) Big Data
2 1 (7.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Git
1 4 (30.77%) GitLab
1 4 (30.77%) Jenkins
1 4 (30.77%) JIRA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (61.54%) Public Sector
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) Azure Data Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Data Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Business Change Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Operations Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Python Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Kafka
1 4 (30.77%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (30.77%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Coaching
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (30.77%) Data Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Data Integration
2 4 (30.77%) Microservices
2 4 (30.77%) Open Source
2 4 (30.77%) Regression Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
2 4 (30.77%) TDD
2 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
2 4 (30.77%) User Stories
2 4 (30.77%) Workflow
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) Go
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Atlassian
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle