Problem-Solving Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Problem Solving
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 7 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 105 80 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 20.79% 14.44% 13.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.36% 16.13% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 41
10th Percentile £235 £205 £131
25th Percentile £525 £363 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £338
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +40.74% -3.57%
75th Percentile £638 £525 £500
90th Percentile £800 £538 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +11.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 37 57
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.29 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.80 £13.66 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.35% +1.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £15.12 £13.91 £14.75
90th Percentile £19.29 £16.45 £15.75
East of England median hourly rate £14.84 £22.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -32.55% +62.96% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 414 496 746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 81.98% 89.53% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 265 379
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £310 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £600 £625
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 149 236
10th Percentile - £13.39 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.83
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +4.84% +2.44%
75th Percentile £21.37 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.30 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -8.61%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

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 16 May 2024. 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 +2 75 £200 -25.23% 31
Cambridge +4 28 £550 +15.79% 91
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.90%) Confluence
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.95%) IIS
2 1 (0.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 57 (54.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (47.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.95%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.95%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.95%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.95%) Azure
2 1 (0.95%) OCI
2 1 (0.95%) OneDrive
2 1 (0.95%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.38%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.95%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.86%) Tableau
2 2 (1.90%) Looker
3 1 (0.95%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.76%) JIRA
2 3 (2.86%) Git
2 3 (2.86%) Subversion
General
1 51 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (9.52%) German Language
3 4 (3.81%) Hungarian Language
3 4 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.86%) Dutch Language
4 3 (2.86%) Finance
4 3 (2.86%) Lithuanian Language
4 3 (2.86%) Local Government
5 2 (1.90%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.90%) Automotive
5 2 (1.90%) Military
5 2 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.95%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (41.90%) Analyst
2 43 (40.95%) Service Analyst
3 30 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
4 26 (24.76%) Customer Analyst
4 26 (24.76%) Customer Service Analyst
5 13 (12.38%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 13 (12.38%) Architect
5 13 (12.38%) Call Centre Analyst
6 10 (9.52%) Software Architect
7 7 (6.67%) Administrator
8 6 (5.71%) Customer Service Administrator
9 4 (3.81%) Verification Engineer
10 3 (2.86%) Data Manager
10 3 (2.86%) Senior
10 3 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.90%) Consultant
11 2 (1.90%) Developer
11 2 (1.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 2 (1.90%) Software Engineer
11 2 (1.90%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.52%) DirectX
1 10 (9.52%) OpenGL
1 10 (9.52%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (9.52%) Vulkan
2 4 (3.81%) JSON
2 4 (3.81%) YAML
3 1 (0.95%) FFmpeg
3 1 (0.95%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.95%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.52%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (9.52%) Ray Tracing
2 4 (3.81%) ASIC
2 4 (3.81%) FPGA
2 4 (3.81%) Verilog
3 3 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.90%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.90%) Life Science
5 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.95%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.95%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.62%) Windows
2 5 (4.76%) Linux
3 4 (3.81%) Unix
4 1 (0.95%) Android
4 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.95%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.95%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (69.52%) Customer Service
2 66 (62.86%) Mathematics
3 64 (60.95%) Incident Management
3 64 (60.95%) Service Delivery
4 30 (28.57%) ITIL
5 16 (15.24%) Problem Management
6 10 (9.52%) Software Architecture
7 6 (5.71%) Validation
8 5 (4.76%) Project Management
8 5 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (4.76%) Software Testing
9 4 (3.81%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (3.81%) Computer Science
9 4 (3.81%) Migration
9 4 (3.81%) Software Engineering
9 4 (3.81%) Time Management
10 3 (2.86%) Agile
10 3 (2.86%) Data Analysis
10 3 (2.86%) OO
10 3 (2.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.38%) C
2 12 (11.43%) C++
3 7 (6.67%) Python
4 4 (3.81%) Bash
4 4 (3.81%) SQL
4 4 (3.81%) SystemVerilog
4 4 (3.81%) Tcl
5 3 (2.86%) Assembly Language
5 3 (2.86%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.90%) R
6 2 (1.90%) VB
7 1 (0.95%) C#
7 1 (0.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (16.19%) Degree
2 16 (15.24%) MCP
3 15 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (12.38%) A+ Certification
4 13 (12.38%) MCSA
5 10 (9.52%) Master's Degree
5 10 (9.52%) PhD
6 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.71%) SLA
2 3 (2.86%) GDPR
3 1 (0.95%) IFRS
System Software
1 15 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (59.05%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.24%) Citrix
3 13 (12.38%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.81%) SAP
5 3 (2.86%) Cadence
5 3 (2.86%) Cisco
5 3 (2.86%) NetApp
5 3 (2.86%) Synopsys
5 3 (2.86%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.90%) Siemens
7 1 (0.95%) Oracle
7 1 (0.95%) Salesforce