Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Problem Solving
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +35
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 83 73 108
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 10.32% 9.77% 10.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.91% 11.28% 12.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 39 66
10th Percentile £382 £198 £306
25th Percentile £425 £338 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £544 £680
90th Percentile £653 £640 £738
South West median daily rate £490 £478 £550
% change year-on-year +2.62% -13.18% +2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 14
10th Percentile - - £50.10
25th Percentile - £11.75 £60.31
Median hourly rate £6.00 £27.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.88% -58.27% -7.14%
75th Percentile £15.27 £52.50 -
90th Percentile £28.40 £53.60 -
South West median hourly rate £12.50 £28.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -55.36% -52.94% -3.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 697 647 898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 86.69% 86.61% 86.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 358 562
10th Percentile £256 £225 £308
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -13.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £650
90th Percentile £725 £746 £706
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 89 120
10th Percentile £14.72 £45.20 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £55.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £77.19
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £59.84
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.62% -7.94%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Bristol

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bristol

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bristol

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (3.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) Apache
2 1 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (7.23%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.20%) Adobe XD
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.20%) NASTRAN
5 1 (1.20%) Simulink
5 1 (1.20%) Sketch
5 1 (1.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (7.23%) SAP EWM
1 6 (7.23%) SAP WM
2 2 (2.41%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.66%) AWS
2 12 (14.46%) Azure
3 8 (9.64%) Figma
4 4 (4.82%) GCP
4 4 (4.82%) GitHub
4 4 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.61%) OpenShift
5 3 (3.61%) Power Automate
5 3 (3.61%) SaaS
6 2 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.41%) Matillion
6 2 (2.41%) OCI
6 2 (2.41%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.20%) Akamai
7 1 (1.20%) Asana
7 1 (1.20%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.20%) Network Security
2 1 (1.20%) PBX
2 1 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (4.82%) Oracle Database
3 3 (3.61%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.41%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (2.41%) Power BI
5 1 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.20%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.20%) MySQL
5 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (14.46%) JIRA
2 5 (6.02%) Git
3 3 (3.61%) GitLab
4 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.20%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.20%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.20%) Maven
5 1 (1.20%) Postman
5 1 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.20%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.20%) Selenium
5 1 (1.20%) SonarQube
General
1 39 (46.99%) Social Skills
2 25 (30.12%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (16.87%) Finance
4 11 (13.25%) Public Sector
5 8 (9.64%) Banking
5 8 (9.64%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Marketing
8 3 (3.61%) Military
9 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.20%) Advertising
10 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.20%) Aviation
10 1 (1.20%) Electronics
10 1 (1.20%) Legal
10 1 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (15.66%) Analyst
2 11 (13.25%) Consultant
2 11 (13.25%) Developer
3 10 (12.05%) Pricing Analyst
4 8 (9.64%) Designer
5 7 (8.43%) Visual Designer
6 6 (7.23%) Lead
6 6 (7.23%) Management Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) SAP Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) SAP WM Consultant
7 5 (6.02%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Senior
7 5 (6.02%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Technical Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Integration Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Applications Support
9 3 (3.61%) DBA
9 3 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (3.61%) Oracle DBA
9 3 (3.61%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.43%) CSS
1 7 (8.43%) HTML
2 4 (4.82%) AngularJS
2 4 (4.82%) Node.js
2 4 (4.82%) REST
2 4 (4.82%) Spring
3 3 (3.61%) React
3 3 (3.61%) Ruby on Rails
3 3 (3.61%) Vue
4 1 (1.20%) Django
4 1 (1.20%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.20%) HTML5
4 1 (1.20%) JSON
4 1 (1.20%) JWT
4 1 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.20%) OAuth
4 1 (1.20%) PySpark
4 1 (1.20%) SOAP
4 1 (1.20%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.20%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) AS400
1 10 (12.05%) Mobile App
2 7 (8.43%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.61%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.20%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.20%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.20%) Clustering
5 1 (1.20%) CMDB
5 1 (1.20%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) Replication
5 1 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.02%) Linux
1 5 (6.02%) Windows
2 2 (2.41%) Android
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.94%) Agile
2 26 (31.33%) ERP
3 14 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (16.87%) DevOps
4 12 (14.46%) Analytics
4 12 (14.46%) Customer Requirements
5 11 (13.25%) Mentoring
5 11 (13.25%) Project Management
6 10 (12.05%) CI/CD
6 10 (12.05%) Decision-Making
6 10 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (10.84%) Translating Business Requirements
8 7 (8.43%) Business Analysis
8 7 (8.43%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 7 (8.43%) Infographics
8 7 (8.43%) Migration
8 7 (8.43%) Prototyping
8 7 (8.43%) Scenario Testing
8 7 (8.43%) Storytelling
8 7 (8.43%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) Java
1 8 (9.64%) JavaScript
2 7 (8.43%) Python
2 7 (8.43%) SQL
3 4 (4.82%) TypeScript
4 3 (3.61%) Ruby
5 2 (2.41%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.20%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.20%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.20%) SOQL
6 1 (1.20%) Tcl
6 1 (1.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (31.33%) Security Cleared
2 25 (30.12%) SC Cleared
3 20 (24.10%) Degree
4 6 (7.23%) APMP
4 6 (7.23%) SAP Certification
5 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.41%) OCA
8 2 (2.41%) OCP
8 2 (2.41%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (2.41%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.41%) PMP
9 1 (1.20%) CCNP
9 1 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.20%) CISSP
9 1 (1.20%) HND
9 1 (1.20%) MCSE
9 1 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.41%) QA
2 2 (2.41%) WCAG
3 1 (1.20%) GDPR
3 1 (1.20%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) Docker
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Terraform
2 3 (3.61%) Argo
2 3 (3.61%) Data Guard
2 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.61%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (2.41%) Ansible
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (1.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.25%) Salesforce
3 8 (9.64%) Adobe
3 8 (9.64%) SAP
4 5 (6.02%) Google
4 5 (6.02%) Oracle
5 3 (3.61%) Red Hat
5 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.41%) F5
6 2 (2.41%) IFS
7 1 (1.20%) Avaya
7 1 (1.20%) Cisco
7 1 (1.20%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.20%) Hotjar
7 1 (1.20%) IBM
7 1 (1.20%) Juniper
7 1 (1.20%) Nokia
7 1 (1.20%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.20%) Ribbon
7 1 (1.20%) VMware