Problem-Solving Contracts in Croydon

Problem Solving
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Croydon requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 18 30
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 +7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 19 17 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Croydon 20.88% 11.72% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.89% 12.23% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 6
10th Percentile £546 £251 £111
25th Percentile £585 £374 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £461 £499
Median % change year-on-year +30.08% -7.50% +10.81%
75th Percentile - £516 £631
90th Percentile £738 £619 £713
South London median daily rate £600 £406 £497
% change year-on-year +47.69% -18.31% +10.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £23.50 -
South London median hourly rate - £23.50 £62.68
% change year-on-year - -62.51% +37.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Croydon

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 Croydon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83 139 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon 91.21% 95.86% 96.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 85 137
10th Percentile £425 £363 £450
25th Percentile £463 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £650
90th Percentile £678 £630 £725
South London median daily rate £525 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 0
Median hourly rate - £23.50 -
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £23.46
% change year-on-year -32.60% +0.17% -50.54%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Croydon

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

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

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Croydon

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Croydon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Croydon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Croydon

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Croydon

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

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Croydon

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

Business Applications
1 9 (47.37%) NEC Housing
2 2 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Functions
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (10.53%) Power Automate
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.53%) PowerApps
2 2 (10.53%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
1 9 (47.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Consultant
1 9 (47.37%) Development Consultant
2 4 (21.05%) Product Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Change and Release Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Network Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Kafka
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Data Protection
1 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (47.37%) Decision-Making
2 9 (47.37%) Requirements Workshops
2 9 (47.37%) Service Delivery
2 9 (47.37%) System Testing
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (21.05%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (21.05%) Product Management
3 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
3 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (21.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (15.79%) Code Quality
4 3 (15.79%) Data Transformation
4 3 (15.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (15.79%) Microservices
4 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Debt
5 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Python
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) NEC
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
2 2 (10.53%) SAP