Problem-Solving Contracts in Bristol

Problem Solving
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 41 37
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 63 59 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 6.05% 4.68% 5.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 5.25% 6.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 42 42
10th Percentile £215 £200 £313
25th Percentile £319 £338 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £514
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -1.70% +23.80%
75th Percentile £628 £647 £597
90th Percentile £688 £663 £659
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 10
10th Percentile £23.05 £27.53 £30.38
25th Percentile £40.00 £29.46 £41.49
Median hourly rate £46.39 £45.32 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +7.91% +135.39%
75th Percentile £59.92 £56.55 £51.34
90th Percentile £60.12 £62.22 £63.60
South West median hourly rate £25.00 £56.29 £49.48
% change year-on-year -55.59% +13.77% +11.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 862 1,123 1,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 82.73% 88.99% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 753 850
10th Percentile £250 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £588
90th Percentile £688 £713 £658
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 224 102
10th Percentile £38.13 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +36.67% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £67.10
South West median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Bristol

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Bristol

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bristol

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Bristol

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bristol

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.76%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (4.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.22%) Azure
2 7 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (9.52%) AWS
4 4 (6.35%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.76%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.76%) PaaS
5 3 (4.76%) SaaS
6 2 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.59%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.59%) Azure App Service
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Service Fabric
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.59%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) WAN
2 5 (7.94%) Firewall
2 5 (7.94%) SDH
2 5 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (6.35%) Junos
3 4 (6.35%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (4.76%) LAN
4 3 (4.76%) PBX
4 3 (4.76%) Skype
4 3 (4.76%) VoIP
5 2 (3.17%) DHCP
5 2 (3.17%) DNS
5 2 (3.17%) SAN
6 1 (1.59%) 4G
6 1 (1.59%) 5G
6 1 (1.59%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) Power BI
2 3 (4.76%) Metadata
3 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.59%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.59%) MySQL
3 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 39 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.40%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (25.40%) Public Sector
3 14 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 9 (14.29%) Finance
5 5 (7.94%) Aeronautics
5 5 (7.94%) Aerospace
6 4 (6.35%) Electronics
6 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.76%) Digital Economy
7 3 (4.76%) Marketing
7 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Advertising
9 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (15.87%) Analyst
2 9 (14.29%) Architect
2 9 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (12.70%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.52%) Availability Manager
4 6 (9.52%) Developer
4 6 (9.52%) Support Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Capacity and Availability Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Capacity Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Data Analyst
5 5 (7.94%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Consultant
6 4 (6.35%) IT Support
6 4 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Data Quality Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Developer
7 3 (4.76%) Quality Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Senior
8 2 (3.17%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) .NET
1 2 (3.17%) CSS
1 2 (3.17%) HTML
1 2 (3.17%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.59%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.59%) Blazor
2 1 (1.59%) CSS3
2 1 (1.59%) HTML5
2 1 (1.59%) Kafka
2 1 (1.59%) Laravel
2 1 (1.59%) React
2 1 (1.59%) React Native
2 1 (1.59%) REST
2 1 (1.59%) RESTful
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.35%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Blackberry
3 3 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.17%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.59%) CMDB
5 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.59%) STB
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Windows
2 3 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.17%) Linux
4 1 (1.59%) Android
4 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.59%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) ITIL
2 12 (19.05%) Decision-Making
3 10 (15.87%) Computer Science
3 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (14.29%) ITSM
4 9 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 8 (12.70%) ArchiMate
5 8 (12.70%) BPMN
5 8 (12.70%) Business Analysis
5 8 (12.70%) Commercial Awareness
5 8 (12.70%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (12.70%) Customer Service
5 8 (12.70%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (12.70%) Project Management
5 8 (12.70%) TOGAF
6 7 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
6 7 (11.11%) Data Management
6 7 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
6 7 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.76%) SQL
2 2 (3.17%) C#
2 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.59%) PHP
3 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.59%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 23 (36.51%) SC Cleared
3 15 (23.81%) Degree
4 10 (15.87%) DV Cleared
5 8 (12.70%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (11.11%) CCNP
6 7 (11.11%) HND
6 7 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (6.35%) JNCIA
8 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (4.76%) MCP
9 3 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
10 1 (1.59%) CCNA
10 1 (1.59%) Dell Certification
10 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) Data Quality
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) PMO
3 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (6.35%) SCCM
2 2 (3.17%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (3.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.59%) vRealize
3 1 (1.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.05%) Cisco
3 9 (14.29%) VMware
4 8 (12.70%) IBM
4 8 (12.70%) Juniper
4 8 (12.70%) Nokia
5 6 (9.52%) SAP
6 4 (6.35%) Ciena
6 4 (6.35%) Citrix
6 4 (6.35%) Dell
6 4 (6.35%) Google
6 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
7 3 (4.76%) Avaya
7 3 (4.76%) Ericsson
7 3 (4.76%) Ribbon
8 2 (3.17%) Databricks
8 2 (3.17%) FIS
8 2 (3.17%) Okta
9 1 (1.59%) HP
9 1 (1.59%) Xerox