Problem-Solving Contracts in Cardiff

Problem Solving
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 14 36
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 -13
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 35 30 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 16.59% 8.98% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.88% 10.14% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 23 12
10th Percentile - £161 £181
25th Percentile £143 £260 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £478
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -5.91% +15.94%
75th Percentile £526 £575 £588
90th Percentile £588 £618 £805
South Wales median daily rate £504 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.05% +5.00% +26.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £15.50
75th Percentile £15.25 - £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £13.50 £20.47 £17.75
% change year-on-year -34.05% +15.32% +3.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 160 296 426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 75.83% 88.62% 81.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 232 322
10th Percentile £188 £200 £263
25th Percentile £381 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.54% +15.63%
75th Percentile £553 £575 £550
90th Percentile £638 £631 £638
South Wales median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +10.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.45
25th Percentile £14.88 £13.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.45 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.46% -12.29% +20.00%
75th Percentile £35.88 £23.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £46.60 £24.50 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £22.50
% change year-on-year +25.03% -19.38% +5.14%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cardiff

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cardiff

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

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

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cardiff

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Cardiff

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.86%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) SAP HCM
1 2 (5.71%) SAP HR
1 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 19 (54.29%) Azure
2 13 (37.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.57%) AWS
3 3 (8.57%) GitHub
4 2 (5.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (5.71%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (5.71%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) LAN
2 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.71%) VPN
2 2 (5.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) MySQL
1 3 (8.57%) Oracle ODI
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle Database
2 2 (5.71%) PowerCenter
2 2 (5.71%) RDBMS
2 2 (5.71%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.86%) Power BI
3 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 27 (77.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (11.43%) Finance
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Economy
5 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) IT Engineer
2 9 (25.71%) IT Support
2 9 (25.71%) IT Support Engineer
2 9 (25.71%) Support Engineer
3 8 (22.86%) Project Manager
4 6 (17.14%) DBA
5 5 (14.29%) Analyst
6 4 (11.43%) Oracle DBA
7 3 (8.57%) Administrator
7 3 (8.57%) Field Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Software Project Manager
8 2 (5.71%) Architect
8 2 (5.71%) Business Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) Desktop Support
8 2 (5.71%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) Development Manager
8 2 (5.71%) SAP Architect
8 2 (5.71%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.71%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Middleware
2 1 (2.86%) .NET
2 1 (2.86%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.86%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.86%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.71%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.86%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.86%) NHS
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Linux
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) AIX
3 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.86%) Android
4 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Agile
2 9 (25.71%) Project Management
3 6 (17.14%) Scrum
4 5 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 5 (14.29%) SDLC
5 4 (11.43%) Decision-Making
5 4 (11.43%) DevOps
5 4 (11.43%) E-business
5 4 (11.43%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (11.43%) Kanban
5 4 (11.43%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.57%) Customer Service
6 3 (8.57%) Migration
6 3 (8.57%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.71%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.71%) Database Security
7 2 (5.71%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Shell Script
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) C#
2 1 (2.86%) PHP
2 1 (2.86%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.71%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
1 2 (5.71%) SLA
2 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Data Guard
2 2 (5.71%) Ansible
2 2 (5.71%) Grafana
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.71%) Nagios
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (5.71%) SCCM
2 2 (5.71%) Terraform
3 1 (2.86%) Argo
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Atlassian
3 4 (11.43%) Oracle
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco
4 2 (5.71%) Dell
4 2 (5.71%) Informatica
4 2 (5.71%) SAP
4 2 (5.71%) SonicWALL
4 2 (5.71%) VMware
4 2 (5.71%) WatchGuard
5 1 (2.86%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (2.86%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk
5 1 (2.86%) Xamarin