Problem-Solving Contracts in Bristol

Problem Solving
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 22 34
Rank change year-on-year +15 +12 +8
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 77 67 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 13.16% 6.24% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.26% 7.69% 5.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 41 42
10th Percentile £200 £275 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year -15.81% -6.67% +8.64%
75th Percentile £553 £638 £650
90th Percentile £577 £688 £687
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile £56.81 £19.88 £19.36
25th Percentile £65.02 £28.00 £26.54
Median hourly rate £78.70 £34.00 £45.32
Median % change year-on-year +131.47% -24.98% +7.91%
75th Percentile £86.85 £44.79 £56.55
90th Percentile £91.74 £53.16 £62.22
South West median hourly rate £52.67 £25.00 £56.30
% change year-on-year +110.68% -55.59% +13.78%

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 540 871 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.31% 81.10% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 482 697
10th Percentile £213 £251 £300
25th Percentile £361 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £561 £600 £638
90th Percentile £649 £675 £715
South West median daily rate £503 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 200 200
10th Percentile £18.51 £39.63 -
25th Percentile £20.45 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £34.67 £55.00 £59.90
% change year-on-year -36.96% -8.18% +23.82%

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 3 June 2025.

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 3 June 2025.

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 2 (2.60%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) Apache
2 1 (1.30%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.30%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.30%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.29%) AWS
2 10 (12.99%) Azure
3 6 (7.79%) PaaS
3 6 (7.79%) SaaS
4 5 (6.49%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.19%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.60%) GCP
6 2 (2.60%) Matillion
6 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (2.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.30%) Akamai
7 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.30%) Figma
7 1 (1.30%) Firebase
7 1 (1.30%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.30%) npm
7 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.30%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.39%) 5G
2 7 (9.09%) PBX
2 7 (9.09%) VoIP
3 3 (3.90%) Firewall
4 2 (2.60%) 4G
4 2 (2.60%) Network Security
5 1 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.30%) DHCP
5 1 (1.30%) DNS
5 1 (1.30%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) Power BI
2 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.30%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.30%) Metadata
3 1 (1.30%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) Git
3 1 (1.30%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.30%) GitLab
3 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.30%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.30%) webpack
General
1 40 (51.95%) Social Skills
2 23 (29.87%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (23.38%) Telecoms
4 16 (20.78%) Finance
5 8 (10.39%) Legal
5 8 (10.39%) Marketing
5 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.79%) Billing
7 5 (6.49%) Banking
7 5 (6.49%) Electronics
7 5 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.60%) Local Government
8 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Tech for Good
9 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.30%) Military
9 1 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (12.99%) Project Manager
2 9 (11.69%) Senior
3 8 (10.39%) Analyst
4 6 (7.79%) Lead
4 6 (7.79%) OSS Project Manager
4 6 (7.79%) Principal Engineer
4 6 (7.79%) Telecoms Manager
4 6 (7.79%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 5 (6.49%) Designer
6 4 (5.19%) Service Designer
6 4 (5.19%) Web Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Architect
7 3 (3.90%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 3 (3.90%) Data Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Developer
7 3 (3.90%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Service Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.39%) CSS
1 8 (10.39%) HTML
2 6 (7.79%) AngularJS
3 5 (6.49%) React
4 4 (5.19%) Web Services
5 3 (3.90%) RESTful
6 2 (2.60%) CSS3
6 2 (2.60%) HTML5
7 1 (1.30%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (1.30%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.30%) Jest
7 1 (1.30%) Kafka
7 1 (1.30%) OAuth
7 1 (1.30%) REST
7 1 (1.30%) SailPoint
7 1 (1.30%) SAP Basis
7 1 (1.30%) SOAP
7 1 (1.30%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Cloud Native
1 6 (7.79%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (6.49%) Blackberry
2 5 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.90%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.60%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.60%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.60%) Social Media
5 1 (1.30%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.30%) Clustering
5 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.39%) Windows
2 6 (7.79%) Linux
3 3 (3.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.30%) Android
4 1 (1.30%) CentOS
4 1 (1.30%) Solaris
4 1 (1.30%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) Agile
2 17 (22.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (22.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (18.18%) Project Management
4 13 (16.88%) Migration
5 10 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (12.99%) Service Design
5 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (11.69%) Scrum
6 9 (11.69%) Service Management
7 8 (10.39%) Commercial Awareness
7 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
7 8 (10.39%) Thought Leadership
7 8 (10.39%) User Experience
8 7 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
8 7 (9.09%) ITIL
8 7 (9.09%) PRINCE2
8 7 (9.09%) Project Delivery
8 7 (9.09%) Risk Management
8 7 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.29%) Python
2 9 (11.69%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.49%) Bash
4 4 (5.19%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.90%) Java
5 3 (3.90%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.30%) C++
7 1 (1.30%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.30%) Ruby
7 1 (1.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.69%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.79%) CCNP
4 6 (7.79%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (7.79%) PMI Certification
4 6 (7.79%) PMP
5 5 (6.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (5.19%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.90%) CISSP
8 2 (2.60%) CEH
8 2 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.30%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.30%) GRC
3 1 (1.30%) NIST
3 1 (1.30%) PMO
3 1 (1.30%) QA
3 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.79%) Docker
3 5 (6.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.79%) Amdocs OSS
1 6 (7.79%) Ansible
1 6 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.60%) Puppet
2 2 (2.60%) Terraform
3 1 (1.30%) Grafana
3 1 (1.30%) Kibana
3 1 (1.30%) logstash
3 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (16.88%) Ericsson
1 13 (16.88%) Nokia
2 12 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.58%) VMware
3 9 (11.69%) F5
4 8 (10.39%) Cisco
5 7 (9.09%) Juniper
5 7 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 7 (9.09%) SAP
6 6 (7.79%) Amdocs
6 6 (7.79%) Ciena
6 6 (7.79%) NetCracker
7 5 (6.49%) Avaya
7 5 (6.49%) Red Hat
7 5 (6.49%) Ribbon
8 4 (5.19%) NetApp
9 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
10 2 (2.60%) Google
10 2 (2.60%) NEC
10 2 (2.60%) Oracle