Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Bromley

Problem Solving
South London > Bromley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bromley 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 4 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 19 13 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bromley 35.19% 30.95% 12.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 38.78% 32.50% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 2
10th Percentile - £420 £212
25th Percentile £413 £494 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £320
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +79.69% -36.00%
75th Percentile £750 £741 £386
90th Percentile - £762 £425
South London median daily rate £500 £583 £451
% change year-on-year -14.24% +29.41% -9.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bromley

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 Bromley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 40 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bromley 90.74% 95.24% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 19
10th Percentile - £380 £333
25th Percentile £413 £459 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £669 £738 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £700
South London median daily rate £511 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -4.97% +7.60% -9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Bromley

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

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Bromley

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Bromley

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Bromley

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Bromley

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Bromley

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

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

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Bromley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the Bromley region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hayes - 1 - - 1
Problem-Solving
South London

Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bromley 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 7 (36.84%) Skype for Business
2 6 (31.58%) Mattermost
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) AWS
3 2 (10.53%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Skype
2 6 (31.58%) Unified Communications
3 1 (5.26%) 4G
3 1 (5.26%) 5G
3 1 (5.26%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 17 (89.47%) Social Skills
2 12 (63.16%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (57.89%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Front Office
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Support Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Messaging Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Messaging Support
3 6 (31.58%) Messaging Support Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Exchange Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Senior
4 4 (21.05%) Senior Exchange Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Exchange Migration Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Migration Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Architect
6 2 (10.53%) React Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (5.26%) Operational Support Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Operations Support Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Radio Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) RF Test Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Scrum Master
7 1 (5.26%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) React
2 2 (10.53%) CSS
2 2 (10.53%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Clustering
1 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.79%) Algorithms
2 3 (15.79%) Data Structures
3 2 (10.53%) Derivative
3 2 (10.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) Fixed Income
4 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Migration
2 7 (36.84%) Change Management
2 7 (36.84%) ITIL
2 7 (36.84%) Performance Optimisation
3 6 (31.58%) Agile
3 6 (31.58%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.79%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.79%) Scrum
6 2 (10.53%) Architectural Design
6 2 (10.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (10.53%) Business Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) Containerisation
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) Design Patterns
6 2 (10.53%) DevOps
6 2 (10.53%) Microservices
6 2 (10.53%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) PowerShell
2 6 (31.58%) SQL
3 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.53%) Java
4 2 (10.53%) Python
5 1 (5.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.53%) AWS Certification
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
3 2 (10.53%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (52.63%) SCOM
2 6 (31.58%) HP SiteScope
3 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 10 (52.63%) Splunk
3 6 (31.58%) Remedy
4 4 (21.05%) BMC
4 4 (21.05%) Trend Micro