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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 14 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 -5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 30 26 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 13.95% 9.03% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.11% 10.24% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 19 13
10th Percentile - £145 £207
25th Percentile £143 £163 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £445 £494
Median % change year-on-year -52.81% -9.92% +19.04%
75th Percentile £514 £544 £550
90th Percentile £586 £595 £798
South Wales median daily rate £325 £525 £507
% change year-on-year -38.10% +3.65% +22.05%
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 £15.50
% change year-on-year -34.05% +32.06% -9.22%

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 157 254 430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 73.02% 88.19% 81.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 194 318
10th Percentile £143 £190 £261
25th Percentile £366 £377 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £553 £586 £550
90th Percentile £627 £645 £642
South Wales median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £13.61 - £14.05
25th Percentile £15.48 £13.00 £15.38
Median hourly rate £18.57 £16.45 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.92% -17.78% +42.55%
75th Percentile £21.67 £23.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - £24.50 £24.55
South Wales median hourly rate £20.24 £18.14 £21.37
% change year-on-year +11.55% -15.11% +2.86%

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 3 June 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 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.33%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.33%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) SAP HCM
1 2 (6.67%) SAP HR
1 2 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 17 (56.67%) Azure
2 11 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) AWS
3 2 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (6.67%) GitHub
3 2 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) LAN
2 2 (6.67%) WLAN
3 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle ODI
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle Database
2 2 (6.67%) PowerCenter
3 1 (3.33%) MySQL
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 25 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) IT Support
2 9 (30.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Support Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) DBA
4 4 (13.33%) Oracle DBA
4 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Field Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Administrator
6 2 (6.67%) Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Database Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Full Stack Developer
6 2 (6.67%) SAP Architect
6 2 (6.67%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.33%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) .NET
1 3 (10.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (6.67%) Middleware
3 1 (3.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.33%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) NHS
3 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
2 4 (13.33%) AIX
3 3 (10.00%) Windows
4 2 (6.67%) Mac OS
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.33%) Android
5 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.00%) Agile
1 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (16.67%) Project Management
3 4 (13.33%) E-business
3 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (10.00%) DevOps
4 3 (10.00%) OO
4 3 (10.00%) OOD
4 3 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (6.67%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.67%) Database Security
5 2 (6.67%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (6.67%) High Availability
5 2 (6.67%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (6.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) C#
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (6.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.33%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Data Guard
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (6.67%) SCCM
3 1 (3.33%) Ansible
3 1 (3.33%) Grafana
3 1 (3.33%) Nagios
3 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) Xamarin
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco
4 2 (6.67%) Dell
4 2 (6.67%) Informatica
4 2 (6.67%) SAP
4 2 (6.67%) SonicWALL
4 2 (6.67%) VMware
4 2 (6.67%) WatchGuard
5 1 (3.33%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.33%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (3.33%) LogRhythm
5 1 (3.33%) Splunk