Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Problem Solving
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 11 26
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 6 39 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 7.23% 15.29% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.23% 18.75% 5.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 6
10th Percentile £429 £283 £272
25th Percentile £503 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £711 £888 £597
90th Percentile £733 £964 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £379 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -29.53% -2.27% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.00 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate - £28.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year - -64.10% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65 208 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 78.31% 81.57% 78.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 94 95
10th Percentile £433 £387 £358
25th Percentile £545 £520 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £728 £675 £700
90th Percentile £761 £723 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 8
10th Percentile - £42.38 £24.08
25th Percentile - £68.81 £28.69
Median hourly rate £36.00 £71.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.30% +47.92% +236.84%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £90.00
90th Percentile - - £91.35
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £36.00 £37.52 £75.00
% change year-on-year -4.04% -49.98% +130.77%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Cheltenham

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Cheltenham

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 2 (33.33%) tcpdump
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Change Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Currency
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 2 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) VMware