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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 42 38
Rank change year-on-year +18 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 63 57 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 6.01% 4.57% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.22% 5.14% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 40 37
10th Percentile £265 £200 £308
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -1.46% +27.33%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £588
90th Percentile £688 £670 £683
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £506
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.70% +11.42%
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 £50.50
% change year-on-year -55.59% +11.47% +5.21%

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 872 1,108 1,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.21% 88.78% 87.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 748 844
10th Percentile £257 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £722 £656
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 217 105
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
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 £67.70
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £48.74
% change year-on-year -10.57% +26.18% +9.53%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) 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 6 (9.52%) AWS
2 6 (9.52%) Entra ID
2 6 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.94%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.76%) PaaS
4 3 (4.76%) SaaS
5 2 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.17%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.59%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.59%) Azure App Service
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Service Fabric
6 1 (1.59%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.70%) WAN
2 5 (7.94%) SDH
2 5 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (6.35%) Firewall
3 4 (6.35%) Junos
3 4 (6.35%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (4.76%) PBX
4 3 (4.76%) VoIP
5 2 (3.17%) DHCP
5 2 (3.17%) DNS
5 2 (3.17%) LAN
5 2 (3.17%) SAN
5 2 (3.17%) Skype
6 1 (1.59%) 4G
6 1 (1.59%) 5G
6 1 (1.59%) Broadband
6 1 (1.59%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.59%) HbbTV
6 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.94%) Power BI
2 3 (4.76%) Metadata
3 2 (3.17%) Tableau
4 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.59%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.59%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (3.17%) JIRA
General
1 37 (58.73%) 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%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.17%) Presentation 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
5 5 (7.94%) Capacity and Availability Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Capacity Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Data Analyst
6 4 (6.35%) Consultant
6 4 (6.35%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Data Quality Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) IT Engineer
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
7 3 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Data Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) IT Analyst
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 7 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.76%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.17%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.59%) CMDB
4 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.59%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.59%) STB
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) 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 22 (34.92%) ITIL
2 11 (17.46%) Computer Science
2 11 (17.46%) Decision-Making
3 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
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%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (12.70%) Commercial Awareness
5 8 (12.70%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (12.70%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (12.70%) ITSM
5 8 (12.70%) Project Management
5 8 (12.70%) TOGAF
6 7 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
6 7 (11.11%) Data Management
6 7 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
6 7 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
6 7 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) SQL
2 2 (3.17%) C#
2 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.17%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) PHP
3 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 23 (36.51%) SC Cleared
3 16 (25.40%) 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 6 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (6.35%) JNCIA
8 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (3.17%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (3.17%) MCP
11 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
11 1 (1.59%) CCNA
11 1 (1.59%) CISSP
11 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.17%) PMO
2 2 (3.17%) SLA
3 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 8 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 7 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (4.76%) 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 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.46%) Cisco
3 8 (12.70%) IBM
3 8 (12.70%) Juniper
3 8 (12.70%) Nokia
3 8 (12.70%) VMware
4 6 (9.52%) SAP
5 4 (6.35%) Ciena
5 4 (6.35%) Google
5 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.76%) Avaya
6 3 (4.76%) Citrix
6 3 (4.76%) Databricks
6 3 (4.76%) Dell
6 3 (4.76%) Ericsson
6 3 (4.76%) Ribbon
7 2 (3.17%) FIS
7 2 (3.17%) Okta
8 1 (1.59%) Apple
8 1 (1.59%) Sun