Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 54 113 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 15.38% 26.04% 10.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.48% 32.10% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 11
10th Percentile £210 £356 £331
25th Percentile £325 £409 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £550 £438
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% +25.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £469
90th Percentile £677 £688 £553
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 89 34
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.33
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.00 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.23 £16.23 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year - +18.81% -
75th Percentile £27.33 £16.85 £13.91
90th Percentile £43.75 - £26.73
East of England median hourly rate £17.50 £16.23 £23.34
% change year-on-year +7.83% -30.46% +59.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 309 352 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 88.03% 81.11% 91.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 119 191
10th Percentile £250 £225 £225
25th Percentile £400 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £558 £550
90th Percentile £700 £638 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £442 £500
% change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 136 192
10th Percentile £14.29 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.88 £15.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £21.13 £16.85 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £42.88 £28.08
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -37.13% +101.92% -3.37%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Peterborough -1 29 £190 - 31
Cambridge 0 16 £600 +6.19% 57
Huntingdon -3 1 £673 - 4
Wisbech - 1 - -
Problem-Solving
East of England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 23 (42.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 23 (42.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.85%) CANalyzer
2 1 (1.85%) Simulink
2 1 (1.85%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) SAP SCM
2 1 (1.85%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.85%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.26%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.85%) GitHub
3 1 (1.85%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.70%) 802.11
2 2 (3.70%) HTTP
3 1 (1.85%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.85%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.85%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.85%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.85%) Firewall
3 1 (1.85%) LAN
3 1 (1.85%) Network Security
3 1 (1.85%) SSL
3 1 (1.85%) UWB
3 1 (1.85%) VLAN
3 1 (1.85%) VPN
3 1 (1.85%) WAN
3 1 (1.85%) Wireless
3 1 (1.85%) Wireless Security
3 1 (1.85%) WLAN
3 1 (1.85%) WPA2
3 1 (1.85%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.85%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) CANoe
1 1 (1.85%) Cypress.io
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) GitLab
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
1 1 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.81%) German Language
3 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Finance
4 3 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.85%) Automotive
6 1 (1.85%) Electronics
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Analyst
2 13 (24.07%) Service Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Customer Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Customer Service Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Software Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (11.11%) Technical Services Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) Consultant
5 5 (9.26%) Junior
5 5 (9.26%) Junior Software Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Junior Support Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (9.26%) Software Support Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Support Specialist
6 3 (5.56%) Java Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Performance Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) SAP SCM Consultant
7 2 (3.70%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) JSON
1 5 (9.26%) XML
2 2 (3.70%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.85%) Express.js
3 1 (1.85%) NgRx
3 1 (1.85%) Playwright
3 1 (1.85%) REST
3 1 (1.85%) RESTful
3 1 (1.85%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.70%) NHS
3 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (46.30%) Customer Service
2 23 (42.59%) Incident Management
2 23 (42.59%) Mathematics
2 23 (42.59%) Service Delivery
3 9 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 8 (14.81%) ITIL
5 5 (9.26%) Agile
6 4 (7.41%) Change Management
6 4 (7.41%) Inventory Management
6 4 (7.41%) Migration
6 4 (7.41%) Roadmaps
7 3 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (5.56%) Business Case
7 3 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (5.56%) Garbage Collection
7 3 (5.56%) IT Strategy
7 3 (5.56%) Performance Engineering
7 3 (5.56%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.56%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (5.56%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) Java
2 3 (5.56%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) C
3 1 (1.85%) C++
3 1 (1.85%) MATLAB
3 1 (1.85%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.85%) SQL
3 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.11%) A+ Certification
2 6 (11.11%) MCSA
3 5 (9.26%) Degree
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.85%) CCIE
5 1 (1.85%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) IFRS
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.70%) Firmware
3 1 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) SCCM
2 2 (3.70%) Ansible
3 1 (1.85%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.52%) SAP
3 6 (11.11%) Citrix
3 6 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 5 (9.26%) Oracle
4 5 (9.26%) Workday
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco
6 1 (1.85%) AirMagnet
6 1 (1.85%) Ekahau
6 1 (1.85%) IBM
6 1 (1.85%) IFS
6 1 (1.85%) Meraki
6 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto